cacoethic (B2)
adjective
Definition
cacoethic means ill-conditioned, malignant; cacoethical. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.
Examples
The writer described the response as cacoethic.
A cacoethic tone can change the mood of a conversation.
The situation became cacoethic after the announcement.
How to Use cacoethic
- cacoethic + noun (collocation)
- Use cacoethic before a noun to describe that quality. — "The writer described a cacoethic reaction."
- become cacoethic (collocation)
- Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — "The discussion became cacoethic near the end."
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