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See definition of corroding on Dictionary.com
  • as inacid
  • as incaustic
  • as incorrosive
  • as inharmful

synonyms for corroding

  • acerbic
  • acrid
  • biting
  • dissolvent
  • eroding
  • rusting
  • acidulous
  • anti-alkaline
  • disintegrative
  • eating away
  • erosive
  • oxidizing
On this page you'll find 124 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to corroding, such as: acerbic, acrid, biting, dissolvent, eroding, and rusting.

antonyms for corroding

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  • kind
  • nice
  • sweet
  • basic
  • bland
  • bland
  • kind
  • mild
  • nice
  • sweet
  • calm
  • soothing
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How to use corroding in a sentence

The hopeless passion ran like a corroding poison through the inflammable tissue.
SIX WOMENVICTORIA CROSS
He gave the others a taste by and by—a withering, corroding sup—and they derided him and rode him down.
MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY, 1835-1910, COMPLETEALBERT BIGELOW PAINE
To give it such form that it shall be durable, under the action of the hot gases and of the corroding elements of the atmosphere.
A HISTORY OF THE GROWTH OF THE STEAM-ENGINEROBERT H. THURSTON
Besides you cannot calculate how much corroding rust is kept off, how much of disconsolate, dull despondency is hindered.
HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH MARRIEDE. J. HARDY.
But a precious odor breathed from the casks, and the corroding capsules confessed the mighty powers that lurked within.
CONTINENTAL MONTHLY, VOL. I. FEBRUARY, 1862, NO. II.VARIOUS
One of their punishments will be the corroding contemplation of the "ifs" and "buts" of their stupendous gamble.
1914JOHN FRENCH, VISCOUNT OF YPRES
Then he would tell himself, with a corroding bitterness of feeling, that as a man sows so he must reap.
FRIENDSHIP AND FOLLYMARIA LOUISE POOL
You could not speak to me; or, in a few words you dropped, I could read the bitter chagrin that was corroding your heart.
SIR JASPER CAREWCHARLES JAMES LEVER
All that you invest wisely in men is stored up against any violence or craftiness of thieves and any corroding of rust.
QUIET TALKS WITH WORLD WINNERSS. D. GORDON
As a prevention against the corroding influence of the salt sea winds, this dome is tiled on its south-west surface.
CATHEDRAL CITIES OF ITALYWILLIAM WIEHE COLLINS
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO CORRODING

  • acerbic
  • acidulous
  • acrid
  • anti-alkaline
  • biting
  • corroding
  • disintegrative
  • dissolvent
  • eating away
  • eroding
  • erosive
  • oxidizing
  • rusting
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.