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corrupted
| Main Entry: | perverted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, evil |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, aberrant, abnormal, abused, contorted, corrupt, corrupted, debased, debauched, defiled, depraved, deviant, deviating, distorted, foreign, grotesque, impaired, kinky*, misguided, misused, monstrous, outraged, polluted, queer, sick, tainted, twisted, unhealthy, unnatural, vicious, vitiate, vitiated, warped, wicked |
| Antonyms: | clean, good, healthy, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debased |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depraved |
| Synonyms: | base, corrupted, degraded, wicked |
| Main Entry: | poisoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | polluted with poison |
| Synonyms: | contaminated, corrupted, deadly, defiled, impure, malignant, noxious, poisonous, tainted, toxic, venomous, virulent |
| Antonyms: | fresh, pure, untainted |
| Main Entry: | spoiled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | damaged |
| Synonyms: | bad, corrupted, harmed, injured, marred, rotten, ruined, sour, wasted |
| Main Entry: | tainted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoiled |
| Synonyms: | contaminated, corrupted, decayed, dirty, diseased, fetid, impaired, impure, infected, polluted, putrid, rotten |
| Antonyms: | clean, fresh, pure |
| Main Entry: | corruptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwholesome |
| Synonyms: | contaminating, contaminative, corrupted, corrupting, demoralizing, perversive |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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