Adjective

(en-adj)

Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent.

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Causing heat and irritation; corrosive.

Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.

* 2014 , Steven Pinker The Sense of Style

It was ironic I forgot my textbook on human memory.

Given to the use of irony; sarcastic.