caustic vs put off

caustic

adj
  • Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way. 

  • Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue. 

noun
  • The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve. 

  • Caustic soda. 

  • The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object. 

  • Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic. 

put off

adj
  • offended, repulsed 

  • daunted or fazed 

verb
  • To procrastinate. 

  • To emit; to give off (an odor, smoke, etc.). 

  • To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing). 

  • To distract; to disturb the concentration of. 

  • To delay (a task, event, etc.). 

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