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Main Entry: corrupt
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dishonest

Synonyms:

base, bent, bribable, crooked, debauched, double-dealing, exploiting, extortionate, faithless, fast and loose, fixed, foul, fraudulent, gone to the dogs, inconstant, iniquitous, knavish, mercenary, nefarious, on the take, open, padded, perfidious, praetorian, profiteering, racket up, reprobate, rotten, shady, snide, suborned, tainted, treacherous, two-faced, underhanded, unethical, unfaithful, unprincipled, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, venal, wide open

Antonyms:

decent, honest, honorable, principled, pure, trustworthy, truthful, uncorrupt, upright
Main Entry: corrupt
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: debased, vicious

Synonyms:

abandoned, abased, baneful, boorish, degenerate, degraded, deleterious, depraved, dishonored, dissolute, evil, flagitious, infamous, loose, low, miscreant, monstrous, nefarious, perverse, profligate, rotten, villainous

Antonyms:

clean, decent, helpful, high, kind, noble, sound, wholesome
Main Entry: corrupt
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: adulterated, rotten

Synonyms:

altered, contaminated, decayed, defiled, distorted, doctored, falsified, foul, infected, noxious, polluted, putrescent, putrid, tainted

Antonyms:

clean, pure, purified, sound, wholesome
Main Entry: corrupt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pervert; pollute

Synonyms:

abase, abuse, adulterate, animalize, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, grease palm, harm, hurt, ill-treat, 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

Antonyms:

better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify
Main Entry: abandoned
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: free from moral restraint; uninhibited

Synonyms:

corrupt, depraved, dissolute, immoral, incontinent, incorrigible, licentious, profligate, shameless, sinful, uncontrolled, unprincipled, unrestrained, wanton, wicked, wild

Antonyms:

chaste, innocent, moral, pure, restrained, virtuous
Main Entry: abuse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: physically hurt or injure

Synonyms:

bang up, beat up, bung up, corrupt, cut up, damage, defile, deprave, desecrate, harm, hose, ill-treat, impair, maltreat, mar, mess up*, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pollute, rough up, roughhouse, ruin, shake up, spoil, taint, total*, victimize, violate, wax
Notes: abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm
to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it

Antonyms:

cherish, defend, help, preserve, protect, respect
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, denature, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dissolve, doctor up, doctor*, falsify, impair, infiltrate, intermix, irrigate, lace, make impure, mingle, mix, phony up, plant*, pollute, shave, spike*, taint, thin, transfuse, vitiate, water down, weaken

Antonyms:

clarify, clean, cleanse, distill, filter, free, purify, refine
Main Entry: adulterated
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: debased or dirty

Synonyms:

attenuated, blended, contaminated, corrupt, defiled, degraded, depreciated, deteriorated, devalued, diluted, dissolved, impaired, mixed, polluted, tainted, thinned, vitiated, watered down, weakened

Antonyms:

clean, moral, virtuous
Main Entry: bad
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: immoral

Synonyms:

base, corrupt, criminal, delinquent, evil, iniquitous, mean, reprobate, sinful, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong

Antonyms:

good, honest, just, reputable, right, true, virtuous
Main Entry: base
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: vulgar, low

Synonyms:

abject, abominable, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, corrupt, depraved, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, foul, grovelling, humble, ignoble, immoral, indelicate, loathsome, lowly, mean, menial, offensive, paltry, pitiful, plebeian, poor, scandalous, servile, shameful, shoddy, sleazy, sordid, sorry, squalid, trashy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched

Antonyms:

good, honest, moral, noble
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