Synonyms for vitiate

Most common

impair · pollute · contaminate · debase · subvert · debauch · invalidate

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.

2. v. 2

   To debase or morally corrupt.

3. v. 3

   To violate, to rape.

4. v. 4

   To make something ineffective, to invalidate.

Forms

Past participle

vitiated
e.g. vitiated → debased, spoilt, impaired, contaminated…

Example sentences

• impair Social media could greatly impair the intelligence of our kids.
• pollute Travelling by bus or bike, you could pollute less.
• contaminate Cars with heat engines contaminate a lot.
• debase You will debase yourself with such behavior.
• subvert Alana, stop trying to subvert the company goals.
• debauch The pirates wished to debauch him because of his beauty.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

mar¹

4 letters

rape¹, soil¹, ruin², void¹, foil¹, undo², warp¹

5 letters

abuse², spoil¹, taint¹, quash¹, annul², viole²

6 letters

cancel², poison², repeal², misuse², infect², injure², revoke², seduce², impair², defile, ravage², ravish, debase²

7 letters

destroy², corrupt², violate³, outrage², abolish³, degrade², pervert², subvert², profane², pollute², nullify³, oppress², devalue³, debauch

8 letters

suppress², dishonor³, abrogate³, deflower

9 letters

dishonour, desecrate³, misdirect³

10 letters

invalidate⁴, annihilate⁴, depreciate⁴, demoralize⁴, demoralise, adulterate⁴, immoralize, immoralise

11 letters

contaminate⁴, constuprate

12 letters

sophisticate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin² = 2 syllables).