ANTISEPTIC


Meaning of ANTISEPTIC in English

[adjective]Antiseptic means completely free from infection.In the 1870s and 1880s, doctors began to follow the principles of antiseptic surgery.(figurative disapproving) There's an air of antiseptic cleanliness about the new town centre, with its covered shopping mall and luxuriant flower displays.(figurative disapproving) I find a lot of modern buildings cold and antiseptic (= lacking in imagination and character).

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.