corrosive

Meaning

Adj

1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
3. destroying or undermining something gradually.

Noun

1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
2. Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.

Synonyms

caustic

erosive

mordant

vitriolic

acid

corrodent

biting

acidic

burning

pervasive

pungent

saline

sharp

vitriol

wasting

blister agent

fire-breathing

inflicting wounds

corrosive agent

pyrotic

vesicant agent

corrosive chemicals

vitriolous

acrid

cankerous

corrosion

deleterious

eroding

etch

harsh

painful

Translations

corrosif

ätzend

corrosivo

corrosivo

corrosivo

corrosiu

korrosiv

corrosief

caustico

διαβρωτικός

aşındırıcı

bijtend

korrodierend

caustique

cáustico

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈɹəʊsɪv/

Etymology

From Old French corrosif.