'Corrosive' definitions:
Definition of 'corrosive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action [syn: caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant]
adjective
Spitefully sarcastic; "corrosive cristism"
noun
A substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)
Definition of 'Corrosive'
From: GCIDE
- Corrosive \Cor*ro"sive\ (k?r-r?"s?v), a. [Cf. F. corrosif.]
- 1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid. "Corrosive liquors." --Grew. "Corrosive famine." --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing. [1913 Webster]
- Care is no cure, but corrosive. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Corrosive sublimate (Chem.), mercuric chloride, HgCl2; so called because obtained by sublimation, and because of its harsh irritating action on the body tissue. Usually it is in the form of a heavy, transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an excellent antisyphilitic; called also {mercuric bichloride}. It is to be carefully distinguished from calomel, the mild chloride of mercury. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Corrosive'
From: GCIDE
- Corrosive \Cor*ro"sive\, n.
- 1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually. [1913 Webster]
- [Corrosives] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which has the power of fretting or irritating. [1913 Webster]
- Such speeches . . . are grievous corrosives. --Hooker. -- {Cor*ro"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Cor*ro"sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'corrosive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablative,
- acerb,
- acerbate,
- acerbic,
- acid,
- acidic,
- acidulent,
- acidulous,
- acrid,
- acrimonious,
- actual cautery,
- angry,
- baleful,
- baneful,
- biodegradable,
- biting,
- bitter,
- brand,
- brand iron,
- branding iron,
- caustic,
- cauter,
- cauterant,
- cauterizer,
- cautery,
- corroding,
- corrupting,
- corruptive,
- counterproductive,
- cutting,
- damaging,
- deadly,
- decomposable,
- decomposing,
- degradable,
- deleterious,
- detrimental,
- dilapidated,
- disadvantageous,
- discontented,
- disintegrable,
- disintegrated,
- disintegrating,
- disintegrative,
- disjunctive,
- disruptive,
- disserviceable,
- distressing,
- driving,
- effective,
- electrocautery,
- eroding,
- erosive,
- escharotic,
- feeling evil,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- gutsy,
- harmful,
- hot iron,
- hurtful,
- imperative,
- impressive,
- incisive,
- injurious,
- keen,
- lethal,
- lunar caustic,
- malefic,
- malevolent,
- malign,
- malignant,
- mischievous,
- moldering,
- mordacious,
- mordant,
- moxa,
- nervous,
- noisome,
- noxious,
- ominous,
- out of humor,
- out of sorts,
- out of temper,
- penetrating,
- pernicious,
- piercing,
- poignant,
- poisonous,
- potential cautery,
- powerful,
- prejudicial,
- punchy,
- radium,
- ravaged,
- resolvent,
- ruinous,
- scatheful,
- scathing,
- scorching,
- sensational,
- separative,
- sharp,
- sinewed,
- sinewy,
- slashing,
- solvent,
- stabbing,
- stinging,
- striking,
- strong,
- tart,
- telling,
- toxic,
- trenchant,
- venenate,
- veneniferous,
- venenous,
- venomous,
- vicious,
- vigorous,
- virulent,
- vital,
- withering,
- worn