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alloyed
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alloyed
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impure |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, blended, diluted, doctored, loaded, mixed, spoiled |
| Main Entry: | alloy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate |
| Synonyms: | debase, denature, devalue, diminish, impair, reduce |
| Antonyms: | clean, clear, purify |
| Main Entry: | false |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fake, counterfeit |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, alloyed, artificial, assumed, bent, bogus*, brummagem, bum*, colored, contrived, copied, crock, deceptive, disguised, ersatz*, fabricated, factitious, feigned, fishy, forged, framed, hollow, imitation, made-up, make-believe, manufactured, meretricious, mock, ostensible, phony, pretended, pseudo*, seeming, shady, sham*, simulated, snide, so-called, spurious, substitute, synthetic, unreal, wrong |
| Notes: | fallacious means intended to deceive; fallible means liable to make a mistake or to be inaccurate or erroneous; false means not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality, or deliberately deceptive, or not genuine or real |
| Antonyms: | actual, genuine, real, valid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not clean mentally, physically; mixed |
| Synonyms: | admixed, adulterated, alloyed, carnal, coarse, common, contaminated, corrupt, debased, defiled, desecrated, diluted, dirty, doctored, filthy, foul, gross*, grubby, immodest, immoral, indecent, infected, lewd, nasty, not pure, obscene, polluted, profaned, smutty, squalid, sullied, tainted, unchaste, unclean, unrefined, unwholesome, vile, vitiated, weighted, wicked |
| Antonyms: | chaste, clean, impeccable, pure, sterile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mixed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assorted, combined |
| Synonyms: | alloyed, amalgamated, assimilated, assorted, blended, brewed, composite, compound, conglomerate, crossbred, crossed, different, disordered, diverse, diversified, embodied, fused, heterogeneous, hybrid, hybridized, incorporated, infused, interbred, interdenominational, joint, kneaded, married, merged, mingled, miscellaneous, mongrel, motley, multifarious, tied, transfused, united, varied, woven |
| Antonyms: | lone, single, singular, ummixed, uncombined |
| Main Entry: | gilt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gilded |
| Synonyms: | alloyed, gaudy, gleaming, glittering, golden, lustrous, meretricious, overlaid, painted, plated, shiny, showy, sparkling, specious, tinsel, tinseled, varnished |
| Main Entry: | doctored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adulterated |
| Synonyms: | alloyed, altered, contaminated, falsified, impure, loaded, tampered |
| Main Entry: | unchaste |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impure |
| Synonyms: | admixed, adulterated, alloyed, carnal, coarse, common, contaminated, corrupt, debased, defiled, desecrated, diluted, dirty*, doctored, filthy, foul, gross*, grubby, immodest, immoral, indecent, infected, lewd, nasty, not pure, obscene, polluted, profaned, smutty, squalid, sullied, tainted, unclean, uncleanly, unrefined, unwholesome, vile, vitiated, weighted, wicked |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uncleanly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impure |
| Synonyms: | admixed, adulterated, alloyed, carnal, coarse, common, contaminated, corrupt, debased, defiled, desecrated, diluted, dirty*, doctored, filthy, foul, gross*, grubby, immodest, immoral, indecent, infected, lewd, nasty, not pure, obscene, polluted, profaned, smutty, squalid, sullied, tainted, unchaste, unclean, unrefined, unwholesome, vile, vitiated, weighted, wicked |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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