Showing Results for "corroded"

corroded

ADJECTIVE

crumbly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

powdery soft

WEAK

breakable crisp crunchy decayed degenerated deteriorated deteriorating disintegrated eroded fragile frail frangible friable oxidized perishing pulverizable rotted rotten rusted shivery short worn

Antonyms

WEAK

flexible pliable

ADJECTIVE

decayed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

addled ruined withered

STRONG

decomposed moldered perished putrefied rank riddled rotted spoiled wasted

WEAK

bad carious carrion effete gangrenous overripe putrescent putrid

Antonyms

WEAK

developing flourishing germinating growing improving ripening

ADJECTIVE

rotten

Synonyms

STRONGEST

corrupt disgusting moldy noxious overripe putrid rancid rotting sour spoiled stale

WEAK

bad bad-smelling crumbled crumbling decomposed decomposing disintegrated disintegrating fecal feculent festering fetid foul gross infected loathsome loud mephitic moldering noisome offensive perished polluted purulent pustular putrescent putrified rank smelling stinking strong tainted touched unsound

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fresh good helpful perfumed pleasant pure sweet wholesome

WEAK

decent honest kind moral new nice superior trustworthy uncorrupt undecayed

Example Sentences

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He is right that forward guidance has corroded the central bank’s discipline rather than sharpened it.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

However, the researchers did not look into what happened when the glass was deliberately smashed -- or corroded by chemicals.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

For we did not foresee then a world in which trust in traditional sources of news and information would be corroded by a rising cynicism, turbo-charged by social media and, increasingly now, AI.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Edison said it began looking for corroded transmission towers in 2020, but found so many that it temporarily stopped those evaluations in 2022 to focus on fixing those found unsafe.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

It didn’t seem to have been damaged by the fire or corroded by the bone-tar.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

corroded

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