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Adjective
▲
Of or pertaining to a lack of sanitation
blighted
contaminated
dirty
diseased
impure
poisoned
polluted
tainted
unclean
filthy
dirtied
foul
infested
unhealthy
unhygienic
unwholesome
feculent
unsanitary
festy
adulterated
noxious
toxic
insalubrious
defiled
insanitary
corrupt
septic
sullied
stained
soiled
mucky
smudged
begrimed
grotty
cruddy
unwashed
grungy
sooty
bemired
dingy
uncleanly
spotted
slimy
nasty
greasy
unkempt
smutty
draggled
black
blackened
bedraggled
scuzzy
yucky
disheveledUS
dishevelledUK
crummy
slovenly
noisome
icky
sickly
smeared
manky
bogging
gungy
shabby
untidy
slatternly
venomous
murky
dreggy
mephitic
dungy
spattered
contaminating
unlaundered
unswept
undusted
pigpen
virulent
besmeared
scruffy
seedy
frowzy
raunchy
sleazy
injurious
faecalUK
smoky
decaying
smelly
polluting
unsafe
nocuous
unsalutary
mud-encrusted
miry
horry
yecchy
soily
fecalUS
repulsive
revolting
loathsome
verminous
slipshod
dangerous
poison
toxicant
pestiferous
miasmal
miasmic
pestilential
olid
contaminative
environmentally unfriendly
scathel
lethal
insalutary
cloudy
smeary
straggly
disarrayed
unsightly
dishabille
mung
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Suffering from disease
disease-ridden
ill
infested
plague-ridden
sick
ailing
unwell
infirm
poorly
indisposed
diseased
unhealthy
weak
suffering
bad
bedridden
frail
feeble
afflicted
sickly
in a bad way
under the weather
queasy
crook
funny
peaky
lousy
sick as a dog
in poor health
rotten
washed out
dreadful
peakish
peely-wally
dizzy
giddy
faint
lightheaded
light-headed
bilious
unfit
seasick
carsick
airsick
drained
pallid
tired
anaemicUK
fatigued
travel-sick
ill-looking
pukish
shaky
enfeebled
anemicUS
down with
barfy
out of action
in poor shape
green at the gills
sick as dog
about to throw up
strange
ropey
horrible
not up to the mark
slightly unwell
chunderous
failing
low
poor
paltry
lame
ugly
qualmy
reeling
exhausted
enervated
unsightly
uneasy
ghastly
dying
languishing
in bed
worn out
in bad shape
knackered
out of commission
wasting
injured
hors de combat
in bad health
miserable
dragging
confined to bed
got a bug
not yourself
off one's feed
in ill health
out of shape
in poor condition
trainsick
not a hundred percent
uncomfortable
upset
out of condition
pasty
pasty-faced
in a decline
ashen
whey-faced
colourlessUK
bloodless
ashy
greyUK
ashen-faced
not feeling up to snuff
disgusted
uncertain
restless
dubious
unsettling
troubling
odd
suffering from motion sickness
concerned
unsettled
doubtful
fidgety
corpse-like
cadaverous
sallow
unsteady
trembly
tottery
tender
weakly
suffering from altitude sickness
wan
pinched
helpless
sensitive
deathly pale
green around gills
sickly-looking
drawn
emaciated
fragile
etiolated
thin
peelie-wally
grayUS
as white as a ghost
as white as a sheet
colorlessUS
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Infected with microorganisms, especially harmful bacteria
festering
purulent
pus-filled
septic
suppurating
weeping
diseased
gangrenous
putrefying
putrid
inflamed
putrefactive
poisoned
sick
indisposed
oozing
poisonous
putrescent
rotting
decomposing
decaying
gathering
ulcerated
maturating
necrotic
toxic
hot
red
angry
swollen
Adjective
▲
Affected or enthused
affected
enthused
influenced
inspired
moved
overwhelmed
touched
Adjective
▲
Feeling or expressing great anger
inflamed
hot
sore
angry
red
swollen
raw
chafing
reddened
septic
angered
angry-looking
apoplectic
ballistic
burning
choleric
enraged
festered
foaming
fuming
furious
hopping
horn-mad
incensed
indignant
infuriate
infuriated
irate
ireful
itching
itchy
livid
mad
outraged
painful
rabid
rankled
riled
riley
roiled
shirty
smarting
steaming
stinging
tender
ticked
wrathful
wroth
festering
fevered
puffed up
sensitive
blistered
bloodshot
burnt
chafed
cheesed off
irritated
scalded
steamed up
teed off
vicious
frenetic
rage
sunburned
bursting
ratty
testy
miffy
irritable
snuffy
in a bad mood
wrath
flustered
impatient
scunnered
touchy
snappy
short-tempered
harassed
tetchy
grouchy
surly
sulky
crabby
grumpy
out of humour
quick-tempered
burning with excitement
anxious
het up
crabbed
chippy
harried
hassled
prickly
snitty
out of sorts
snappish
cranky
psyched up
cold
gruff
angerful
narky
pugnacious
waspish
cantankerous
peevish
hot-blooded
morose
convulsed
bilious
tense
ferocious
disapproving
petulant
dyspeptic
bristly
cheerless
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Characterized by an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease
morbid
unhealthy
gruesome
sick
ghastly
grisly
ghoulish
macabre
unwholesome
ailing
deadly
diseased
dreadful
grotesque
hideous
death-obsessed
horrible
horrid
malignant
pathological
sickly
unsound
aberrant
abnormal
baleful
bloody
brooding
disgusting
frightful
gory
grim
irascible
maleficent
monstrous
moody
nasty
ominous
perverse
sickening
sinister
twisted
unnatural
unusual
warped
more ❯
Adjective
▲
In a state of disrepair
condemned
dangerous
dilapidated
hazardous
insecure
perilous
precarious
ramshackle
treacherous
unsafe
broken-down
rickety
ruined
tumbledown
creaking
creaky
crumbling
decrepit
deteriorated
deteriorating
neglected
run down
unmaintained
untended
blighted
contaminated
falling apart
in disrepair
in ruins
septic
unhealthy
unsound
unwholesome
worn out
bad
falling to pieces
rotten
gone to seed
in a state of disrepair
worse for wear
gone to rack and ruin
on its last legs
Adjective
▲
(of organic matter) In the process of decaying
decomposing
decaying
foetidUK
fetidUS
putrid
rancid
rotting
festering
moulderingUK
molderingUS
off
putrefying
rank
spoiling
stale
crumbling
disintegrating
mouldyUK
moldyUS
bad
perishing
sour
decayed
decomposed
tainted
stinking
perished
foul
rotten
putrescent
gangrenous
musty
carious
deteriorating
molderedUS
moulderedUK
eroding
putrefacient
breaking up
wasted
mildewed
smutty
blighted
fusty
carrion
withered
ruined
riddled
mucid
neglected
disused
oxidisingUK
oxidizingUS
rusting
wasting away
breaking down
malodorous
reeking
stagnant
wearing away
pungent
contaminated
turned
whiffy
icky
curdled
foul-smelling
soured
nauseating
disagreeable
impure
grody
strong-smelling
stenchful
dank
funky
evil-smelling
nidorous
graveolent
stenchy
olid
repulsive
revolting
putrefactive
reeky
degenerated
yecchy
inedible
fermented
unfresh
collapsing
dilapidated
breaking
rickety
derelict
ramshackle
subsiding
fragile
rundown
peeling
crumbly
falling apart
in ruins
in bad condition
on its last legs
caving in
falling in
falling to pieces
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something
rabid
wild
violent
extreme
fanatical
fervent
bigoted
extremist
frantic
frenzied
furious
intolerant
mad
maniacal
uncompromising
crazed
diehard
over-enthusiastic
overzealous
passionate
biased
delirious
ferocious
feverish
fierce
frenetic
gung-ho
illiberal
irrational
one-sided
partisan
prejudiced
raging
raving
unreasonable
zealous
berko
berserk
infuriated
intemperate
narrow-minded
perfervid
swivel-eyed
ardent
bitten
corybantic
crazy
dedicated
deranged
diseased
enthusiastic
flipped
ill
insane
intense
keen
mad-dog
militant
naked
nutty
obsessed
overboard
poisoned
sick
sizzling
smoking
ultraist
unwell
virulent
freaked out
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to taint or contaminate
polluted
contaminated
dirtied
fouled
poisoned
tainted
blighted
spoiledUS
spoiltUK
vitiated
corrupted
damaged
impaired
marred
ruined
defiled
radioactivated
afflicted
debased
debauched
depraved
diseased
enthused
made impure
moved
overwhelmed
perverted
spread among
spread to
sullied
wrenched
bruised
scarred
slit
twisted
mauled
loused up
fouled up
disabled
pulled
rended
rent
sprained
prejudiced
hacked
uglified
gashed
worsened
slashed
separated
contorted
ricked
ripped
shred
ribboned
shredded
strained
reduced
tattered
diminished
clawed
dilapidated
cricked
wrested
yanked
rived
severed
extracted
rifted
made a mess of
cut to ribbons
cut open
frazzled
put out
made unattractive
put down
put out of action
cut about
cut to pieces
pummelledUK
frayed
pulled apart
made ugly
evulsed
cut up
cut down
cast down
put a damper on
detracted
cut down to size
incised
marked
disillusioned
misused
traumatizedUS
biasedUS
humbled
biassedUK
lamed
disaffected
humiliated
butchered
misapplied
misemployed
hamstrung
hamstringed
discredited
grazed
pounded
obliterated
prepossessed
jarred
chopped
shivered
crumpled
mortified
exploited
overexerted
mishandled
blotched
speckled
chastened
massacred
dismembered
truncated
gimped
castrated
pulverizedUS
disqualified
tagged
hog-tied
scraped
riven
rove
pierced
knackered
nicked
dehumanizedUS
desensitizedUS
dumped on
ill-used
sapped
whipped
run down
made resentful
bemeant
caused injury to
annoyed
benched
roughed up
disparaged
pummeledUS
worked over
flayed
whacked
divided
punched
pinched
declassed
hashed
disfashioned
ruptured
carved
pained
punished
derogated
pommeled
sundered
bent
caused pain to
lashed
removed
tormented
tortured
bumped
cleaved
lowered the status of
snatched
pommelled
handled roughly
kinked
shocked
spray painted
belted
grabbed
slammed
piqued
hacked up
flailed
belittled
dinged
slapped
forced
run
loaded
aggrieved
tweaked
deposed
waxed
did mischief to
mashed
disserved
spanked
caused detriment to
slugged
brought shame to
slayed
done mischief to
desensitisedUK
seized
reduced in value
plucked
flogged
dehumanisedUK
queered
cramped
distressed
bended
sliced
ruled out
traumatisedUK
panned
reduced in quality
jigsawed
chopped up
laid waste
grieved
pulverisedUK
detracted from
extraught
bemeaned
disbarred
decried
misshaped
shot down
sank
sunken
sunk
jigsawn
ran
torn apart
slew
carven
slain
tore apart
taken advantage of
took advantage of
stung
did in
drew blood
drawn blood
done in
torn down
taken down a peg
took down a peg
tore down
taken down
ran down
took down
more ❯
“Are you ever tempted to cheat, to damage the landscape further, to poison it, infect it, before you take a photograph?”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to affect (a person, organism, etc.) with a disease-causing organism
contaminated
passed infection to
caused disease in
caused infection in
transmitted disease to
transmitted infection to
spread disease to
“All it would take would be for that bird influenza virus and an influenza virus from humans to infect an animal or human at the same time.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to affect with an opinion or feeling as if by contagion
affected
influenced
touched
moved
animated
disturbed
excited
inspired
overcame
overcome
stimulated
stirred
upset
impacted on
had an effect on
had an impact on
took hold of
taken hold of
hit
struck
exerted influence on
conditioned
attacked
modified
altered
changed
transformed
worked on
shaped
formed
shapen
hat
registered with
crossed
got
carried weight with
left a mark on
crossed your mind
dawned on one
come to the mind of
come to
presented itself
made an impact on
come to mind
emerged to
dawned on
occurred to
come into one's consciousness
made an impact
got through to
gotten through to
gotten
gat
gotten through
got through
sprang to mind
sprung to mind
came to mind
came into one's consciousness
came to
came to the mind of
more ❯
“Clearly, unadulterated bias contaminates many stories and can even infect the entire Washington press corps from time to time.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect
desecrated
defiled
profaned
violated
contaminated
dishonouredUK
polluted
blasphemed
despoiled
perverted
befouled
committed sacrilege
damaged
debased
degraded
vandalisedUK
vandalizedUS
abused
defaced
depredated
desolated
destroyed
devastated
devoured
dishonoredUS
insulted
outraged
pillaged
prostituted
ravaged
sacked
spoiledUS
spoiltUK
spoliated
treated sacrilegiously
wasted
blasphemed against
treated with disrespect
messed up
committed sacrilege against
laid waste to
made lose face
Verb
▲
Past tense for to convey or communicate
passed on
communicated
contaminated
conveyed
forwarded
imparted
sent
transmitted
Verb
▲
Past tense for to fill or pervade with a quality or emotion
seeped into
got into
gotten into
infiltrated
penetrated
percolated
permeated
saturated
pervaded
impregnated
instilled
transfused
sweat
charged
suffused
seeped
imbued
injected
infused
strained
oozed
dripped
filtered
drained
inspired
affected
transuded
leached
trickled
filtrated
flowed
discharged
issued
escaped
run
welled
spurted
extravasated
gushed
shed
ran
excreted
exudated
dropped
streamed
emitted
distilled
perspired
sweltered
emptied
released
overflowed
secreted
spilt
spilled
emanated
passed
drizzled
haemorrhagedUK
hemorrhagedUS
leeched
spouted
separated
poured out
poured
osmosed
swept
rushed
rolled
surged
cascaded
flooded
outflowed
trilled
ejected
spewed
squirted
lost
sent forth
splashed
welled forth
flowed out
run out
seeped away
soaked
flowed away
flowed rapidly
drained away
lixiviated
sieved
sifted
extracted
riddled
screened
transpired
festered
suppurated
griddled
moved
coursed
slid
purified
glowed
glided
glid
crawled
creeped
crept
reached gradually
proceeded
effused
emerged
circulated
washed away
refined
gave out
given out
felled
swirled
rippled
gave off
given off
poured forth
overflowed with
exuded pus
drifted
sudated
whirled
emitted liquid
gurgled
beaded
plopped
precipitated
snowed
welled out
expelled
evacuated
wilted
exuded perspiration
conveyed
projected
sent out
come out of
spewn
slipped
jetted
drooled
deluged
bowled
hailed
sweated buckets
dripped with perspiration
filtered through
dripped with sweat
exuded moisture
run off
left dry
tapered off
filtered off
cruised
swelled
coasted
teemed
sputtered
brimmed
abounded
progressed
breezed
babbled
ran out
purled
sluiced
tumbled
disembogued
oozed out
whisked
merged with
pullulated
regurgitated
welled up
continued
seeped out
sailed
gushed out
smoothed along
inundated
sweated like a pig
extraught
fell
fallen
came out of
ran off
swollen
went along
gone along
snew
snown
threw off
thrown off
broken out in a sweat
broke out in a sweat
fallen in drops
fell in drops
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to loot, plunder or invade by force
invaded
overran
overrun
occupied
attacked
raided
annexed
captured
conquered
seized
stormed
assailed
assaulted
overwhelmed
gained
secured
took
taken
won
flooded
infested
marauded
marched into
plundered
ravaged
swarmed
violated
beset
overspread
permeated
pervaded
swarmed over
took over
taken over
accessed
breached
burglarised
burglarized
colonisedUK
colonizedUS
crashed
descended on
entered
entrenched
forayed
forayed into
infringed
inroaded
interfered
looted
meddled
overswarmed
parasitized
penetrated
pillaged
plagued
surged over
swooped on
trespassed
infringed on
bursted in
burst in on
fell on
fallen on
went in
gone in
made inroads
muscled in
descended upon
made inroads on
struck
blitzed
rushed
charged
set on
set upon
spread over
besieged
stricken
sicced
bushwhacked
sicked
trashed
spread like wildfire over
pounced on
set in on
spread like wildfire
turned on
set about
bombarded
jumped on
advanced
ambushed
pounced
combatted
strafed
combated
encroached
shelled
fired on
fired at
swamped
exceeded
surpassed
overshot
outrun
overstepped
overpassed
overreached
choked
outreached
overflowed
transcended
aggressed
took down
taken down
routed
surged
flowed over
deluged
spilled
spilt
run over
welled over
run on
blasted
made a foray on
made an onslaught on
conducted an offensive on
attempted to capture
made a sortie on
made a raid on
laid into
made an assault on
went in on
come at
launched an attack on
surged into
struck at
gone in on
launched oneself at
pounced upon
shot down
began hostilities
begun hostilities
began an assault
took the offensive
begun an assault
taken the offensive
outran
overgrew
overgrown
broke
broken
brake
went beyond
gone beyond
ran over
grown over
grew over
ran on
took by storm
taken by storm
advanced on
took on
tore into
torn into
taken on
came at
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to suffuse with vigor, life, energy, or spirit
inspired
encouraged
caused
motivated
stimulated
influenced
moved
roused
animated
persuaded
spurred
inspirited
energisedUK
energizedUS
enthused
galvanisedUK
galvanizedUS
heartened
envigorated
invigorated
impressed
inclined
instilled
sparked
stirred
swayed
emboldened
enlivened
excited
exhilarated
goaded
imbued
impelled
incited
inflamed
infused
provoked
steeled
touched
filliped
fired
incentivised
incentivized
instigated
quickened
struck
stricken
urged
affected
beghasted
commoved
elated
endued
exalted
got
gotten
occasioned
reassured
sparked off
bore up
borne up
bucked up
buoyed up
carried
geed up
spurred on
fired up
fired with enthusiasm
gave impetus
given impetus
set up
started off
worked up
was responsible for
were responsible for
been responsible for
cheered up
chirked up
fired the imagination of
gave one an idea
given one an idea
Verb
▲
Past tense for to diffuse or permeate through
penetrated
permeated
pervaded
suffused
filled
imbued
charged
diffused
drenched
filtered
impregnated
informed
infused
inundated
percolated
saturated
seeped
soaked
spread
steeped
transfused
entered
spread throughout
seeped through
diffused through
filtered through
flowed into
percolated through
seeped in
seeped into
worked into
filtered in
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