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Definitions for Polluted
[1] made unclean or impure; contaminated; tainted: swimming in polluted waters.
[2] Slang . drunk.
[3] to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
[4] to make morally unclean; defile.
[5] to render ceremonially impure; desecrate: to pollute a house of worship.
[6] Informal . to render less effective or efficient: The use of inferior equipment has polluted the company's service.
[7] made unclean or impure; contaminated
[8] US slang intoxicated; drunk
[9] to contaminate, as with poisonous or harmful substances
[10] to make morally corrupt or impure; sully
[11] to desecrate or defile
Words related to Polluted
violate, infect, taint, foul, poison, contaminate, stain, sully, defile, befoul, mar, debase, profane, soil, dishonor, alloy, desecrate, dirty, spoil, debauch
Words nearby Polluted
pollster, polltaker, pollucite, pollutant, pollute, polluted, pollution, pollux, polly, pollyanna, pollyfish
Origin of Polluted
1325–75; Middle English polute < Latin pollūtus past participle of polluere to soil, defile, equivalent to pol-, assimilated variant of por- (see pollicitation; here marking the action as complete) + -lū- base of -luere (akin to lutum mud, dirt, lustrum muddy place) + -tus past participle suffix
Other words from Polluted
pol·lut·ed·ness , noun
un·pol·lut·ed , adjective
pol·lut·er , noun
pol·lu·tive , adjective
non·pol·lut·ing , adjective
un·pol·lut·ing , adjective
pol•lut′ er n.
Word origin for Polluted
C14 polute, from Latin polluere to defile
Synonyms for Polluted
contaminate, foul, infect, poison, stain, taint, violate, adulterate, alloy, befoul, besmirch, debase, debauch, defile, deprave, desecrate, dirty, dishonor, mar, profane, soil, spoil, sully, make filthy