| Main Entry: | water down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dilute |
Synonyms: |
attenuate, reduce, thin, thin down, weaken |
Antonyms: |
beef up, strengthen, thicken |
| 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: | blunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dull |
Synonyms: |
attenuate, benumb, cripple, dampen, deaden, debilitate, desensitize, disable, enfeeble, hebetate, numb, obtund, sap, soften, take the edge off, undermine, water down, weaken |
Antonyms: |
needle, point, sharpen |
| Main Entry: | dilute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make thinner; weaken |
Synonyms: |
adulterate, alter, attenuate, cook, cut, decrease, deliquesce, diffuse, diminish, doctor up, doctor*, irrigate, lace, lessen, liquefy, mitigate, mix, moderate, modify, needle, phony up, plant, qualify, reduce, shave, spike, temper, water, water down |
Antonyms: |
concentrate, strengthen, thicken |
| Main Entry: | diluted/dilute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinned, weakened |
Synonyms: |
adulterated, attenuated, cut, impaired, impoverished, laced, light, moderated, reduced, shaved, spiked, tempered, washy, watered down, waterish, watery, wishy-washy |
Antonyms: |
concentrated, strengthened, thickened |
| Main Entry: | doctor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate, pervert |
Synonyms: |
add to, alter, change, cut, deacon, debase, dilute, disguise, dope up, falsify, fudge, gloss, load, misrepresent, mix with, sophisticate, spike*, tamper with, water down, weight |
| Notes: | the word doctor is derived from Latin doctus 'having been taught; learned' (from docere 'to teach'); physician comes from Latin physica 'natural science; physics' |
Antonyms: |
clean, purify |
| Main Entry: | insipid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tasteless |
Synonyms: |
bland, distasteful, flat, flavorless, jejune, mild, savorless, stale, unappetizing, unpalatable, unsavory, vapid, watered-down, watery |
Antonyms: |
appetizing, delicious, tasty, yummy |
| Main Entry: | moisten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make wet, damp |
Synonyms: |
bathe, bedew, dampen, dip, drench, humidify, lick, mist, moisturize, rain on, rinse, saturate, shower, soak, sog, sop, splash, splatter, spray, sprinkle, squirt, steam, steep, wash, water, water down, waterlog, wet |
Antonyms: |
dry |
| Main Entry: | taint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dirty, contaminate; ruin |
Synonyms: |
adulterate, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blight, blot, blur, brand, break down, cast a slur, cloud, cook, corrupt, crud up, crumble, cut, damage, debase, decay, decompose, defile, deprave, discolor, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disintegrate, doctor, foul, give a bad name, harm, hurt, infect, muddy, poison, pollute, putrefy, rot, shame, smear, soil, spike, spoil, stain, stigmatize, sully, tar, tarnish, trash*, turn, water, water down |
Antonyms: |
clean, right |