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| Main Entry: |
adulterated
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| 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: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soiled, unclean |
| Synonyms: | bedraggled, begrimed, black, contaminated, cruddy, crummy, defiled, disarrayed, dishabille, disheveled, dreggy, dungy, dusty, filthy, foul, fouled, greasy, grimy, grubby, grungy, icky, lousy, messy, mucky, muddy, mung, murky, nasty, pigpen, polluted, raunchy, scummy, scuzzy, slatternly, slimy, sloppy, slovenly, smudged, smutty, sooty, spattered, spotted, squalid, stained, straggly, sullied, undusted, unhygienic, unkempt, unlaundered, unsanitary, unsightly, unswept, untidy, unwashed, yucky |
| Antonyms: | clean, pure, spotless, sterile |
| Main Entry: | foul |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting, dirty |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, base, contaminated, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, dishonorable, egregious, fetid, filthy, gross*, hateful, heinous, horrid, icky, impure, infamous, iniquitous, loathsome, malodorous, mucky, nasty, nauseating, nefarious, noisome, notorious, offensive, pigpen, polluted, putrid, rank*, raunchy*, repellent, repulsive, revolting, rotten, scandalous, shameful, squalid, stinking, sullied, tainted, unclean, vicious, vile, wicked, yecchy, yucky |
| Antonyms: | clean, fragrant, pleasing, pure, wonderful |
* = 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: | putrid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotten, stinking |
| Synonyms: | bad, contaminated, corrupt, decayed, decomposed, fetid, foul, high, malodorous, moldered, nidorous, noisome, off, putrefied, rancid, rank, reeking, rotting, smelly, spoiled, strong, tainted, whiffy |
| Antonyms: | fresh, perfumed, sweet |
| Main Entry: | rancid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotten, strong-smelling |
| Synonyms: | bad, carious, contaminated, curdled, decomposing, disagreeable, disgusting, evil-smelling, feculent, fetid, foul, frowzy, fusty, gamy, high, impure, loathsome, malodorous, moldy, musty, nasty, nidorous, noisome, noxious, off, offensive, olid, polluted, putrefactive, putrefied, putrescent, putrid, rank, reeky, repulsive, sharp, smelly, sour, soured, stale, stinking, strong, tainted, turned, unhealthy, whiffy |
| Antonyms: | perfumed, sweet |
| Main Entry: | rotten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest, immoral |
| Synonyms: | bent, bribable, contaminated, corrupt, crooked, debauched, deceitful, defiled, degenerate, depraved, dirtied, dishonorable, disloyal, faithless, filthy, flagitious, impure, mercenary, nefarious, perfidious, perverse, polluted, soiled, sullied, tainted, treacherous, unclean, untrustworthy, venal, vicious, villainous, vitiated |
| Antonyms: | decent, good, honest, moral, trustworthy, uncorrupt |
| Main Entry: | unclean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty |
| Synonyms: | bedraggled, befouled, besmirched, black, blurred, common, contaminated, corrupt, decayed, defiled, desecrated, dusty, evil, feculent, fetid, filthy, foul, grimy, impure, messy, muddy, nasty, polluted, profaned, putrescent, putrid, rancid, rank, rotten, sloppy, slovenly, smeared, smudged, soiled, sooty, sordid, spotted, squalid, stable, stained, stale, stinking, sullied, tainted, tarnished, unhealthful, vile |
| Antonyms: | clean, hygienic, uncontaminated, unpolluted |
| Main Entry: | unsanitary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, unclean |
| Synonyms: | contaminated, dusty, filthy, foul, grimy, messy, muddy, polluted, rancid, rank, rotten, sloppy, soiled, stained, stinking, sullied, tarnished, unhealthful, unhealthy, unhygienic |
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