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Adjective
▲
Corrupted or filled with imperfections
adulterate
adulterated
contaminated
impure
polluted
blemished
defiled
corrupt
corrupted
alloyed
decayed
dirtied
dirty
diseased
foetidUK
fetidUS
fouled
impaired
imperfect
infected
poisoned
putrid
rotten
ruined
soiled
spoiledUS
spoiltUK
stained
rancid
foul
more ❯
“This may be owing to low awareness about the hazardous side effects of tainted food on our health.”
Adjective
▲
Not characterized by or conducive to physical health or well-being
unwholesome
unhealthy
noxious
insalubrious
deleterious
contaminated
toxic
unhygienic
poisonous
harmful
unhealthful
foul
impure
detrimental
insanitary
injurious
pernicious
damaging
noisome
destructive
dangerous
baleful
baneful
septic
ruinous
inimical
rotten
sickly
venomous
malign
malignant
spoiledUS
spoiltUK
unnourishing
lethal
decayed
innutritious
unnutritious
virulent
junk
unsound
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Evil or morally wrong
wicked
evil
bad
immoral
sinful
corrupt
vile
iniquitous
villainous
foul
nefarious
unrighteous
wrong
irreligious
abominable
heinous
impious
profane
wrongful
base
depraved
sacrilegious
ungodly
unholy
blasphemous
erring
fallen
irreverent
rotten
black
contemptible
dark
impure
monstrous
outrageous
reprehensible
shocking
sullied
despicable
detestable
diabolical
dissolute
execrable
godless
hateful
horrible
odious
unlawful
unprincipled
abandoned
criminal
dangerous
diabolic
egregious
guilty
illicit
murderous
reprobate
worthless
degenerate
felonious
illegal
illegitimate
indictable
lawless
perverted
roguish
scandalous
shameful
sordid
amoral
crooked
damaging
debased
deleterious
devilish
dishonest
dishonorableUS
dishonourableUK
flagitious
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having faults or errors
faulty
wrong
incorrect
flawed
inaccurate
erroneous
false
unsound
inexact
fallacious
defective
invalid
amiss
imprecise
imperfect
unreliable
awry
deficient
impaired
weak
bad
fallible
distorted
frail
inadequate
unfit
blemished
incomplete
warped
botched
cracked
confused
injured
contradictory
debased
incoherent
insufficient
lame
leaky
rank
blamable
malformed
below par
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having been maligned or vilified
injured
maligned
vilified
defamed
blackened
denigrated
impugned
insulted
tarnished
dishonoredUS
dishonouredUK
offended
aggrieved
upset
outraged
hurt
affronted
slighted
humiliated
disrespected
disgraced
shamed
mocked
cursed
ridiculed
libeledUS
libelledUK
reviled
slandered
Adjective
▲
Causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust
sickening
nauseating
disgusting
repulsive
revolting
foul
loathsome
nauseous
offensive
stomach-turning
appalling
awful
distasteful
horrible
repellent
repugnant
abominable
hideous
nasty
stomach-churning
vile
dreadful
noisome
obnoxious
abhorrent
odious
putrid
terrible
gross
horrid
objectionable
obscene
contemptible
cringe-making
despicable
disagreeable
gut-wrenching
heinous
off-putting
reprehensible
uninviting
yucky
execrable
ghastly
grisly
gruesome
hateful
icky
sick-making
vomitous
yucko
beastly
bogging
evil
fulsome
God-awful
gut-churning
horrendous
noxious
rancid
repellant
scandalous
shocking
skanky
ugly
disgustful
loathly
rebarbative
diseased
rotten
stinking
vomit-inducing
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to tarnish with something undesirable
contaminated
corrupted
polluted
vitiated
befouled
adulterated
damaged
defiled
dirtied
marred
blighted
fouled
infected
muddied
soiled
spoiledUS
spoiltUK
poisoned
ruined
tarred
destroyed
doctored
spiked
watered down
tarnished
stained
sullied
debased
blemished
besmirched
more ❯
“A cataclysmic explosion that would ruin and taint all other foods within the refrigerator.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to sully the good name of
tarnished
blemished
smeared
sullied
besmirched
soiled
stigmatisedUK
stigmatizedUS
blackened
blotted
branded
discredited
stained
blighted
debased
disgraced
dishonoredUS
dishonouredUK
shamed
hurt
injured
smirched
darkened
harmed
touched
depraved
poisoned
tarred
cast a slur
dragged through the mud
gave a bad name
given a bad name
blotted your copybook
more ❯
“She carries with her an air of confidence, even arrogance, that seems to taint every successful artist once the cash starts rolling in.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make hurtful and untrue comments about
slandered
defamed
denigrated
maligned
vilified
disparaged
libelledUK
libeledUS
traduced
calumniated
smeared
slurred
aspersed
decried
belittled
sullied
blackened
besmirched
derogated
tarnished
blotted
slighted
smirched
scandalisedUK
scandalizedUS
dishonoredUS
dishonouredUK
injured
reviled
insulted
attacked
vilipended
defiled
damaged
slammed
panned
roasted
assailed
muckraked
detracted
misrepresented
depreciated
scorched
blistered
backbit
backbitten
belied
sneered
blasphemed
hit
hat
hitten
plastered
strumpeted
bad-mouthed
ran down
run down
spoke ill of
spoken ill of
dragged through the mud
dragged through the mire
cast aspersions on
spoke evil of
spoken evil of
flung mud at
slung mud at
gave a bad name
given a bad name
threw mud at
thrown mud at
spread scandal about
did a hatchet job on
done a hatchet job on
tore down
torn down
told lies about
cast a slur on
slung mud
ran a smear campaign against
run a smear campaign against
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to cause to be dirty or soiled
smudged
stained
soiled
dirtied
daubed
sullied
besmirched
befouled
smeared
muddied
smirched
begrimed
fouled
blackened
grimed
spotted
mired
defiled
mucked
bemired
tarnished
distained
marked
gaumed
spattered
blotched
bedaubed
dotted
blotted
splotched
flecked
streaked
splodged
specked
slopped
plastered
blobbed
striped
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to have a severely detrimental effect on
blighted
ruined
marred
destroyed
spoiledUS
spoiltUK
wrecked
damaged
devastated
injured
impaired
shattered
scotched
sabotaged
crushed
demolished
dashed
scuppered
disfigured
undid
undone
banjaxed
annihilated
trashed
nixed
dished
queered
scarred
cruelled
disrupted
euchred
frustrated
stained
afflicted
ended
prevented
quashed
quelled
stymied
nullified
decayed
messed up
fouled up
loused up
screwed up
made a mess of
blew a hole in
blown a hole in
played havoc with
put the kibosh on
brought to naught
put an end to
did in
done in
put paid to
brought to an end
put a stop to
made a hash of
put a damper on
put the lid on
glitched up
threw a spanner in the works
thrown a spanner in the works
threw a monkey wrench in the works of
thrown a monkey wrench in the works of
Verb
▲
Past tense for to corrupt, or to prove harmful or destructive to
poisoned
corrupted
degraded
debased
perverted
warped
vitiated
subverted
depraved
demeaned
cheapened
debauched
abased
deteriorated
bastardisedUK
bastardizedUS
demoralisedUK
demoralizedUS
lessened
profaned
prostituted
cankered
defiled
coloredUS
colouredUK
biasedUS
biassedUK
prejudiced
undermined
turned
jaundiced
embittered
soured
Verb
▲
(usually of a disease or condition) Past tense for to affect adversely
attacked
infected
affected
damaged
injured
corrupted
devastated
vitiated
afflicted
crippled
destroyed
contaminated
marred
ruined
spoiledUS
spoiltUK
annihilated
demolished
impaired
ravaged
troubled
compromised
impacted
overcame
overcome
touched
harmed
struck
stricken
broke
brake
broken
influenced
perturbed
sabotaged
upset
defiled
occurred
polluted
prevailed
crushed
hurt
overwhelmed
poisoned
blighted
debased
impinged
weakened
impacted on
impinged upon
prevailed over
wore away
worn away
shook up
shaken up
spread to
struck at
struck down
stricken down
did damage to
done damage to
played havoc with
took hold of
taken hold of
wreaked havoc on
wrought havoc on
wrought havoc
exerted influence on
had an effect on
had an impact on
Verb
▲
Past tense for to decompose or break down, especially biologically
festered
decayed
rotted
decomposed
putrefied
spoiledUS
spoiltUK
perished
corrupted
disintegrated
molderedUS
mouldedUK
moldedUS
moulderedUK
fouled
crumbled
deteriorated
mortified
degraded
degenerated
corroded
necrotized
gathered
broke down
broken down
went bad
gone bad
went off
gone off
broke up
broken up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to spoil or be the one bad feature of
marred
damaged
harmed
spoiledUS
spoiltUK
hurt
blighted
impaired
tarnished
vitiated
stained
ruined
sullied
wrecked
blemished
bloodied
broke
brake
broken
compromised
crabbed
crippled
defaced
disfigured
endamaged
flawed
injured
upset
blotted
polluted
bent
bended
bruised
crossed up
detracted
dinged
fouled up
maimed
mangled
queered
scratched
tweaked
warped
loused up
messed up
roughed up
shook up
shaken up
put a damper on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly
ill-used
abused
maltreated
mistreated
misused
misust
mishandled
manhandled
bullied
brutalisedUK
brutalizedUS
hurt
harmed
oppressed
tormented
harassed
misemployed
prostituted
spoiledUS
spoiltUK
battered
neglected
dissipated
exhausted
overburdened
overtaxed
overworked
overwrought
squandered
wasted
ill-treated
kicked around
messed over
knocked about
treated badly
took apart
taken apart
Verb
▲
Past tense for to affect without completely changing
colouredUK
coloredUS
affected
influenced
altered
distorted
impacted
conditioned
manipulated
prejudiced
transformed
twisted
warped
angled
biasedUS
biassedUK
changed
garbled
slanted
swayed
doctored
modified
stretched
straught
skewed
bent
bended
fazed
steered
threw
thrown
upset
exerted an influence on
had an effect on
Verb
▲
Past tense for to become, or cause to become, bitter or disenchanted
envenomed
embittered
antagonisedUK
antagonizedUS
angered
coloredUS
colouredUK
empoisoned
jaundiced
poisoned
soured
aggravated
made bitter
acerbated
alienated
harmed
impaired
infected
injured
made rancorous
rankled
made sick
contaminated
disaffected
disillusioned
made resentful
dissatisfied
estranged
exasperated
frustrated
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to break up into small pieces as the result of impact
disintegrated
broke
brake
broken
shattered
fragmented
fractured
crumbled
split
busted
splintered
crumpled
rived
rove
riven
severed
collapsed
shivered
ruptured
separated
dismembered
divided
exploded
disrupted
foundered
subsided
fell
felled
fallen
failed
dispersed
disunited
folded
disbanded
dismantled
detached
disconnected
disimproved
disorganizedUS
sank
sunk
sunken
turned
broke up
broken up
gave way
given way
caved in
came apart
come apart
fell to pieces
fell apart
fallen apart
broke apart
broken apart
blew up
blown up
fell to bits
fallen to bits
flew apart
flown apart
blew apart
blown apart
went to pieces
gone to pieces
went belly-up
gone belly-up
went to rack and ruin
gone to rack and ruin
faded away
took apart
taken apart
fell apart at the seams
fallen apart at the seams
smashed to smithereens
turned to dust
Verb
▲
Past tense for to give or add color to
tinted
tinged
dyed
colouredUK
stained
tinctured
bepainted
coloredUS
painted
pigmented
rinsed
highlighted
lowlighted
shaded
streaked
touched
washed
Verb
▲
Past tense for to imbue with a (usually slight) amount of something
tinctured
tinged
imbued
stained
tinted
diffused
imbrued
infused
suffused
engrained
ingrained
instilled
saturated
steeped
bathed
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make, or cause to be, blur or dim
blurred
obscured
bedimmed
befogged
dimmed
beclouded
bleared
clouded
fogged
muddled
obfuscated
smudged
blackened
darkened
dislimned
faded
hazed
masked
misted
muddied
shrouded
unfocused
unfocussed
besmeared
blinded
blotted
concealed
garbled
shaded
shadowed
smeared
spotted
stained
blemished
dazed
dazzled
discolouredUK
discoloredUS
distorted
glared
hid
hidden
overcast
overclouded
overshadowed
tarnished
confused
made indistinct
clouded over
made vague
became dim
become dim
became indistinct
become indistinct
fuzzed up
mixed up
made hazy
made unclear
became fuzzy
become fuzzy
became hazy
become hazy
became less sharp
become less sharp
became vague
become vague
made less distinct
muddied the waters
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to mark out as having a particular (typically negative) quality
branded
stigmatisedUK
stigmatizedUS
characterisedUK
characterizedUS
denounced
labelledUK
labeledUS
discredited
categorisedUK
categorizedUS
classed
classified
disgraced
exposed
marked
vilified
besmirched
defamed
described
identified
pilloried
called
named
marked out
accused of being
labelled negatively
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