Synonyms for polluted
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Rotten — drunk
rotten, drunk, elevated, fried, inebriated, muddled, pixilated, oiled, lit, disguised, canned, tight, pickled CA, loaded, lubricated, stewed, boozy, smashed, plastered, ossified US IE, cock-eyed, pie-eyed informal
2. Contaminated — made unclean or impure
contaminated, impure, tainted, defiled, foul, unclean, corrupted, adulterated, mixed, sophisticated, common dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Made unclean or impure.
- adj. 2
Drunk.
Related words
- Phrases
- half polluted
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Pollute is used chiefly of liquids; as, water polluted with sewage.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- inebriated I know for a fact that Yanni wasn't inebriated.
- contaminated These infections were caused by contaminated milk.
- impure Impure drinking water can be a carrier of diseases.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| polluted | steady | |
| inebriated | rising | |
| contaminated | rising | |
| impure | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- lit1
- 4 letters
- foul1
- 5 letters
- drunk1, tight1, mixed1, fried1, oiled1, boozy2
- 6 letters
- common2, loaded2, rotten2, canned1, impure2, stewed1
- 7 letters
- smashed1, tainted2, pickled2, unclean2, muddled2, defiled
- 8 letters
- elevated4, ossified3
- 9 letters
- disguised2, corrupted3, plastered2, pixilated
- 10 letters
- inebriated5, lubricated4
- 11 letters
- adulterated5
- 12 letters
- contaminated5
- 13 letters
- sophisticated5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (boozy2 = 2 syllables).