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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
▲
Indifferent or hostile to religion, or having no religious beliefs
irreligious
impious
atheistic
heathen
godless
ungodly
infidel
profane
unholy
unbelieving
sinful
evil
immoral
bad
wicked
blasphemous
agnostic
pagan
iniquitous
sacrilegious
unrighteous
depraved
corrupt
irreverent
degenerate
perverted
reprobate
nullifidian
impure
dissolute
faithless
nonreligious
unprincipled
erring
fallen
heretical
heathenish
sullied
skepticalUS
scepticalUK
idolatrous
peccable
barbarous
debauched
decadent
dissipated
intemperate
freethinking
religionless
iconoclastic
barbarian
undevout
unspiritual
morally wrong
non-theistic
non-believing
free-thinking
vice-ridden
more ❯
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
▲
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
▲
Under suspicion, subject or deserving of critical review or inspection
under a cloud
discredited
distrusted
mistrusted
questioned
suspected
under suspicion
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 destroy or damage the value or quality of
marred
spoiledUS
spoiltUK
damaged
ruined
impaired
injured
harmed
wrecked
hurt
defaced
blemished
blighted
compromised
disfigured
vitiated
crippled
broke
brake
broken
stained
tarnished
flawed
sullied
polluted
endamaged
mangled
crabbed
bloodied
warped
queered
maimed
blotted
upset
bruised
bent
bended
scratched
dinged
tweaked
detracted
messed up
fouled up
loused up
crossed up
roughed up
shook up
shaken up
put a damper on
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
▲
(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 rot or cause to rot
putrefied
decayed
rotted
decomposed
spoiledUS
spoiltUK
festered
perished
disintegrated
molderedUS
corrupted
mouldedUK
moldedUS
moulderedUK
fouled
crumbled
deteriorated
turned
mortified
sphacelated
necrosed
gangrened
stank
stunk
broke down
broken down
went bad
gone bad
went off
gone off
fell apart
fallen apart
became rancid
become rancid
went moldy
gone moldy
went to seed
gone to seed
more ❯
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 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
stained
tinged
dyed
tinctured
colouredUK
coloredUS
painted
pigmented
shaded
bepainted
washed
highlighted
streaked
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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