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Synonyms for corrupted

Most common

abandoned immoral depraved debased tainted polluted

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

2. Tainted — containing errors

tainted, polluted, contaminated, impure, common dated

3. Mendacious — dishonest

mendacious, deceptive

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Dishonest.

  2. adj. 2

    Containing errors.

    It proved impossible to recover any data from the corrupted disk.

  3. adj. 3

    Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.

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Corrupted or Contaminated?

The innocent are often contaminated by association with the wicked; the vicious are more and more corrupted by their own excesses.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • abandoned Sami's car was left abandoned miles from his home.
  • immoral Be immoral, cheat and steal. Such people live well.
  • depraved Yanni is a depraved person with interests in minors.
  • tainted The memories we share are tainted by the anger I hold.
  • polluted It's one of the most polluted cities in the world.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
corruptedrising
abandonedsteady
immoralsteady
depravedrising
debasedsteady
taintedrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
common2, impure2
7 letters
immoral3, tainted2, debased2
8 letters
polluted3, depraved2, decadent3, vitiated
9 letters
abandoned3, unethical4, deceptive3, dissolute, reprobate3
10 letters
profligate3, mendacious3
12 letters
contaminated5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (common2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
corrompu
Italiano
corrotto
Español
corrupto