corroded

verbwear away; eat away

Synonyms for corroded

verb wear away; eat away

Antonyms for corroded

decayed

adjective. rotten, falling apart

Word Origin & History

c.1400, from Old French corroder (14c.) or directly from Latin corrodere "to gnaw to bits, wear away," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + rodere "to gnaw" (see rodent). Related: Corroded; corroding.

Example Sentences for corroded

But the evil has come with the good, and much fine gold has been corroded.

The entire place, indeed, was corroded, tinged with the hue of old gold.

Of all that tirade, but one sentence had remained as if corroded into the mind of Carrier.

I took a firm grip on the corroded bricks and heaved on them.

He was corroded by suspicion, and this paralyses able servants.

They are filled with corroded irrigation pipe and broken castings.

He turned his corroded face up to me and blinked in an effort to see.

There seemed to be some taint in him that corroded all natural human kindness.

The contents were not corroded, but were blackened by the sea.

The rain had destroyed his books and papers; the apparatus had corroded and rusted.

corroded

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More words related to corroded

crumbly

decayed

rotten