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| Main Entry: | contaminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate |
| Synonyms: | alloy, befoul, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deprave, desecrate, dirty, harm, infect, injure, pervert, poison, pollute, profane, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiate, muck up, radioactivate |
| Antonyms: | clean, cure, heal, purify, sterilize |
| Main Entry: | adulterated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | debased or dirty |
| Synonyms: | corrupt, defiled, degraded, deteriorated, diluted, impaired, mixed, tainted, weakened, attenuated, blended, contaminated, depreciated, devalued, dissolved, polluted, thinned, vitiated, watered down |
| Antonyms: | clean, moral, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | impure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not clean mentally, physically; mixed |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, carnal, coarse, common, corrupt, debased, defiled, diluted, dirty, filthy, foul, gross*, grubby*, immodest, immoral, indecent, lewd, nasty, obscene, smutty*, squalid, tainted, unclean, unrefined, unwholesome, vile, wicked, admixed, alloyed, contaminated, desecrated, doctored, infected, not pure, polluted, profaned, sullied, unchaste, vitiated, weighted |
| Antonyms: | chaste, clean, impeccable, pure, sterile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | putrid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotten, stinking |
| Synonyms: | bad, corrupt, decayed, fetid, foul, high, malodorous, noisome, off, rancid, rank, rotting, smelly, spoiled, strong, tainted, contaminated, decomposed, moldered, nidorous, putrefied, reeking, whiffy |
| Antonyms: | fresh, perfumed, sweet |
| Main Entry: | rancid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotten, strong-smelling |
| Synonyms: | bad, disagreeable, disgusting, fetid, foul, frowzy, gamy, high, impure, loathsome, malodorous, moldy, musty, nasty, noisome, noxious, off, offensive, putrid, rank, repulsive, sharp, smelly, sour, stale, stinking, strong, tainted, unhealthy, carious, contaminated, curdled, decomposing, evil-smelling, feculent, fusty, nidorous, olid, polluted, putrefactive, putrefied, putrescent, reeky, soured, turned, whiffy |
| Antonyms: | perfumed, sweet |
| Main Entry: | unclean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty |
| Synonyms: | bedraggled, black, common, corrupt, decayed, defiled, dusty, evil, fetid, filthy, foul, grimy, impure, messy, muddy, nasty, putrid, rancid, rank, rotten, sloppy, slovenly, soiled, sooty, sordid, spotted, squalid, stable, stale, stinking, tainted, unhealthful, vile, befouled, besmirched, blurred, contaminated, desecrated, feculent, polluted, profaned, putrescent, smeared, smudged, stained, sullied, tarnished |
| Antonyms: | clean, hygienic, uncontaminated, unpolluted |
| Main Entry: | unsanitary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, unclean |
| Synonyms: | dusty, filthy, foul, grimy, messy, muddy, rancid, rank, rotten, sloppy, soiled, stinking, unhealthful, unhealthy, contaminated, polluted, stained, sullied, tarnished, unhygienic |
| Main Entry: | inedible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unpalatable |
| Synonyms: | bad, bitter, disagreeable, indigestible, nauseating, poisonous, rancid, rotten, sickening, sour, spoiled, tainted, tasteless, unappetizing, unsavory, yucky*, contaminated, not fit to eat, turned, uneatable, unpleasant-tasting, yukky |
| Antonyms: | appetizing, comestible, delicious, edible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | radioactive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | active |
| Synonyms: | dangerous, energetic, hot*, contaminated, irradiated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tainted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoiled |
| Synonyms: | corrupted, decayed, dirty, diseased, fetid, impaired, impure, putrid, rotten, contaminated, infected, polluted |
| Antonyms: | clean, fresh, pure |
| Main Entry: | unhealthful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwholesome |
| Synonyms: | dangerous, detrimental, harmful, noxious, toxic, unhealthy, unsanitary, contaminated, insalubrious, unsalutary |
| Antonyms: | healthful, healthy, salubrious, salutary, wholesome |
| Main Entry: | unwholesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhealthful |
| Synonyms: | dangerous, deleterious, destructive, harmful, lethal, noxious, pernicious, poisonous, rotten, spoiled, toxic, unhealthy, venomous, virulent, contaminated, insalubrious, septic, unnutritious |
| Antonyms: | healthful, nutritious, wholesome |
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soiled, unclean |
| Synonyms: | bedraggled, black, crummy, defiled, disheveled, dusty, filthy, foul, greasy, grimy, grubby, grungy*, icky*, lousy, messy, muddy, murky, nasty, pigpen*, raunchy, slimy, sloppy, slovenly, smutty, sooty, spotted, squalid, unkempt, unsanitary, unsightly, untidy, yucky*, begrimed, contaminated, cruddy, disarrayed, dishabille, dreggy, dungy, fouled, mucky, mung, polluted, scummy, scuzzy, slatternly, smudged, spattered, stained, straggly, sullied, undusted, unhygienic, unlaundered, unswept, unwashed |
| Antonyms: | clean, pure, spotless, sterile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foul |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting, dirty |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, base, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, dishonorable, egregious, fetid, filthy, gross*, hateful, heinous, icky*, impure, infamous, iniquitous, loathsome, malodorous, nasty, nauseating, nefarious, noisome, notorious, offensive, pigpen*, putrid, rank*, raunchy*, repellent, repulsive, revolting, rotten, scandalous, shameful, squalid, stinking*, tainted, unclean, vicious, vile, wicked, yucky*, contaminated, horrid, mucky, polluted, sullied, yecchy |
| Antonyms: | clean, fragrant, pleasing, pure, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, wrong |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, abhorrent, atrocious, bad, barbarous, base, cruel, dangerous, debased, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, diabolical, faulty, ferocious, fiendish, flagitious, foul, heinous, immoral, impious, impure, indecent, infamous, iniquitous, insubordinate, lewd, libidinous, licentious, miscreant, monstrous, nefarious, perverse, profligate, putrid, reprehensible, reprobate, rotten, savage, sinful, unprincipled, untamed, vile, villainous, violent, wicked, wild, worthless, contaminated |
| Notes: | vicious is savage or cruel; viscous is thick or gummy, as a liquid that is hard to pour |
| Antonyms: | gentle, good, nice, right |
| Main Entry: | rotten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest, immoral |
| Synonyms: | bent, corrupt, crooked, debauched, deceitful, defiled, degenerate, depraved, dishonorable, disloyal, faithless, filthy, flagitious, impure, mercenary, nefarious, perfidious, perverse, soiled, tainted, treacherous, unclean, untrustworthy, venal, vicious, villainous, bribable, contaminated, dirtied, polluted, sullied, vitiated |
| Antonyms: | decent, good, honest, moral, trustworthy, uncorrupt |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adulterated, rotten |
| Synonyms: | altered, decayed, defiled, distorted, falsified, foul, noxious, putrid, tainted, contaminated, doctored, infected, polluted, putrescent |
| Antonyms: | clean, pure, sound, wholesome, purified |
| Main Entry: | poisoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective3 |
| Definition: | polluted with poison |
| Synonyms: | corrupted, deadly, defiled, impure, malignant, noxious, poisonous, tainted, toxic, venomous, virulent, contaminated |
| Antonyms: | fresh, pure, untainted |
| Main Entry: | adulterate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter or debase, often for profit |
| Synonyms: | alloy, amalgamate, attenuate, blend, cheapen, commingle, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut*, defile, degrade, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dissolve, doctor*, falsify, impair, infiltrate, irrigate, lace*, mingle, mix, plant*, pollute, shave*, spike*, taint, thin, vitiate, water down, weaken, denature, doctor up, intermix, make impure, phony up, transfuse |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clean, cleanse, distill, filter, free, purify, refine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pervert; pollute |
| Synonyms: | abase, abuse, adulterate, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, harm, hurt, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste, animalize, grease palm, ill-treat |
| Antonyms: | better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify |
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