desecrated

ADJECTIVE

defiled

Synonyms

STRONG

besmirched cooked dirty dishonored exposed polluted profaned ravished spoilt tainted trashed vitiated

WEAK

common impure mucked up unclean

Antonyms

STRONG

clean pure

WEAK

cleansed hallowed honorable purified sanctified

ADJECTIVE

impure

Synonyms

STRONG

unclean

WEAK

admixed adulterated alloyed carnal coarse common contaminated corrupt debased defiled diluted dirty doctored filthy foul gross grubby immodest immoral indecent infected lewd nasty not pure obscene polluted profaned smutty squalid sullied tainted unchaste unrefined unwholesome vile vitiated weighted wicked

Antonyms

WEAK

chaste clean impeccable pure sterile

ADJECTIVE

unchaste

Synonyms

WEAK

admixed adulterated alloyed carnal coarse common contaminated corrupt debased defiled 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

ADJECTIVE

unclean

Synonyms

STRONG

impure soiled

WEAK

bedraggled befouled besmirched blurred common contaminated corrupt decayed defiled dusty evil feculent fetid filthy foul grimy messy muddy nasty polluted profaned putrescent putrid rancid rank rotten sloppy slovenly smeared smudged sooty sordid spotted squalid stable stained stale stinking sullied tainted tarnished unhealthful vile

Antonyms

STRONG

clean

WEAK

hygienic uncontaminated unpolluted

ADJECTIVE

uncleanly

Synonyms

WEAK

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Westminster Mall, a once-popular shopping center that has been desecrated by graffiti and vandalism since it closed last year, is on track for demolition soon.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

I regretted being honest, because in the moment, it felt as though honesty had desecrated the connection Allen and I were building.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025

In a London auditorium, a work of art is being desecrated.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024

There is a "clear and present" risk war memorials such as the Cenotaph in London could be "desecrated", he added.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2023

All this was surrounded by a white picket fence built so sturdily that the Chateau Martinez was the only place in town which had never been desecrated by Pacheco’s pig.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

desecrated

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