adulterated as an adjective: - 1
adulterated
adjective
1 adulterated
Mixed with impurities.
synonyms: adulterate, debased.
Roget 545:
deceived
etc.
v.;
deceiving
&c.;
cunning
etc.
702;
prestigious†,
prestigiatory†;
deceptive,
deceptious†;
deceitful,
covinous†;
delusive,
delusory;
illusive,
illusory;
elusive,
insidious,
ad captandum vulgus [Lat.].
untrue
etc.
546;
mock,
sham,
make-believe,
counterfeit,
snide [Slang],
pseudo,
spurious,
supposititious,
so-called,
pretended,
feigned,
trumped up,
bogus,
scamped,
fraudulent,
tricky,
factitious bastard;
surreptitious,
illegitimate,
contraband,
adulterated,
sophisticated;
unsound,
rotten at the core;
colorable;
disguised;
meretricious,
tinsel,
pinchbeck,
plated;
catchpenny;
Brummagem.
artificial,
synthetic,
ersatz [G.];
simulated
etc.
544.
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Moby thesaurus: airy, attenuate, attenuated, blemished, cut, damaged, defective, deficient, dilute, diluted, erroneous, ethereal, fallible, faulty, fine, flimsy, found wanting, gaseous, immature, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impure, inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, inexact, insubstantial, lacking, makeshift, mediocre, mixed, not perfect, off, partial, patchy, rare, rarefied, reduced, short, sketchy, slight, subtile, subtle, tenuous, thin, thinned, thinned-out, uncompact, uncompressed, undeveloped, uneven, unfinished, unperfected, unsound, unsubstantial, unthorough, vaporous, wanting, watered, watered-down, windy ... show more.
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