adulterate as a verb: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
adulterate
verb
1 adulterate
Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones:
— Adulterate liquor.
synonyms: debase, dilute, load, stretch.
Roget 41:
mix;
join
etc.
43;
combine
etc.
48;
commix,
immix†,
intermix;
mix up with,
mingle;
commingle,
intermingle,
bemingle†;
shuffle
etc.
(derange)
61;
pound together;
hash up,
stir up;
knead,
brew;
impregnate with;
interlard
etc.
(interpolate)
228;
intertwine,
interweave
etc.
219;
associate with;
miscegenate†.
be mixed
&c.;
get among,
be entangled with.
instill,
imbue;
infuse,
suffuse,
transfuse;
infiltrate,
dash,
tinge,
tincture,
season,
sprinkle,
besprinkle,
attemper†,
medicate,
blend,
cross;
alloy,
amalgamate,
compound,
adulterate,
sophisticate,
infect.
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Dutch: verdunnen
adjective
1 adulterate
Roget 659:
unimproved
etc.
(improve)
etc.
658;
deteriorated
etc.
v.;
altered,
altered for the worse;
injured
etc.
v.;
sprung;
withering,
spoiling
etc.
v.;
on the wane,
on the decline;
tabid†;
degenerate;
marescent†;
worse;
the worse for,
all the worse for;
out of repair,
out of tune;
imperfect
etc.
651;
the worse for wear;
battered;
weathered,
weather-beaten;
stale,
passe,
shaken,
dilapidated,
frayed,
faded,
wilted,
shabby,
secondhand,
threadbare;
worn,
worn to a thread,
worn to a shadow,
worn to the stump,
worn to rags;
reduced,
reduced to a skeleton;
far gone;
tacky [U.S.].
decayed
etc.
v.;
moth-eaten,
worm-eaten;
mildewed,
rusty,
moldy,
spotted,
seedy,
time-worn,
moss-grown;
discolored;
effete,
wasted,
crumbling,
moldering,
rotten,
cankered,
blighted,
tainted;
depraved
etc.
(vicious)
945;
decrepid†,
decrepit;
broke,
busted,
broken,
out of commission,
hors de combat [Fr.],
out of action,
broken down;
done,
done for,
done up;
worn out,
used up,
finished;
beyond saving,
fit for the dust hole,
fit for the wastepaper basket,
past work
etc.
(useless)
645.
at a low ebb,
in a bad way,
on one's last legs;
undermined,
deciduous;
nodding to its fall
etc.
(destruction)
162;
tottering
etc.
(dangerous)
665;
past cure
etc.
(hopeless)
859;
fatigued
etc.
688;
retrograde
etc.
(retrogressive)
283;
deleterious
etc.
649.
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Moby thesaurus: alloy, attenuate, baptize, bastardize, canker, cheapen, coarsen, confound, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut, deacon, debase, debauch, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade, denaturalize, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil, devalue, dilute, distort, doctor, doctor up, etherealize, expand, fake, falsify, fortify, infect, irrigate, juggle, lace, load, manipulate, misuse, pack, pervert, plant, poison, pollute, prostitute, rarefy, ravage, ravish, reduce, retouch, rig, salt, sophisticate, spike, stack, subtilize, taint, tamper with, thin, thin out, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, water, water down, weaken, weight ... show more.
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