corrosive

corrosive is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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.
2. adjective. Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
3. noun. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
4. noun. That which has the power of fretting or irritating.
5. noun. a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)
6. adjective. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

   Synonyms: caustic, erosive, mordant, vitriolic

7. adjective. spitefully sarcastic

   "corrosive cristism"

Synonyms

caustic, erosive, mordant, vitriolic

Common word forms

corrosived, corrosives, corrosively, corrosiving, corrosiveness

Words from these letters

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