VESICANT Synonyms

• strong and sharp

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• capable of wounding

• causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

• the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters

• very fast; capable of quick response and great speed

• the act of burning something

• pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

• a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

• execution by electricity

• execution by fire

• a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin

• of immediate import

• any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue

• the envelope of light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface or object

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

• a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)

• of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

• spitefully sarcastic

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

• possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

• extremely sharp or severe

• (of color) having the highest saturation

• something that causes irritation and annoyance

• a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process

• harshly ironic or sinister

• of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

• causing physical or psychological pain

• causing misery or pain or distress

• exceptionally bad or displeasing

• causing physical discomfort

• having an agreeably pungent taste

• engagingly stimulating or provocative

• attracting or delighting

• strong and sharp

• capable of wounding

• marked by harshly abusive criticism

• severely critical

• a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

• a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

• (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character

• having strength or power greater than average or expected

• having a strong physiological or chemical effect

• not faint or feeble

• having or wielding force or authority

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• of good quality and condition; solidly built

• of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection

• being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content

• freshly made or left

• strong and sure

• a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)

• causing blisters