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adulterated

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of adulterated

containing foreign or lower-grade substances
  • the outbreak of food poisoning was traced to adulterated ground beef
Synonyms of adulterated

adulterate, alloyed, contaminated, dilute, diluted, impure, polluted, tainted, thinned, weakened
Words Related to adulterated

unclarified, unfiltered, unrefined

befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, corrupted, debased, defiled, dirtied, fouled, maculate (or maculated), soiled, spoiled, sullied

blended, commingled, incorporated, intermingled, intermixed, merged, mingled, mixed

coalesced, combined, compounded

cheapened, doctored
Near Antonyms of adulterated

clarified, filtered, purified, refined, ultrarefined

neat, plain, straight

concentrated, strong

uncombined

pasteurized

sterile, sterilized

clean, immaculate, spotless, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied
Antonyms of adulterated

fine, pure, ultrapure, unadulterated, unalloyed, uncontaminated, uncut, undiluted, unmixed, unpolluted, untainted

adulterated

verb , past tense of adulterate

Synonyms and Antonyms of adulterated

to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances
  • the company was fined for adulterating its "all beef" frankfurters with cereal
Synonyms of adulterated

cut, diluted, extended, laced, sophisticated, thinned, watered down, weakened
Words Related to adulterated

loaded

befouled, contaminated, corrupted, defiled, dirtied, envenomed, fouled, infected, poisoned, polluted, soiled, spoiled (or chiefly British spoilt), sullied, tainted

cheapened, debased, degraded

manipulated, misrepresented, tampered (with)

counterfeited, faked, falsified, fudged

doctored, spiked

attenuated, moderated, qualified, tempered
Near Antonyms of adulterated

fertilized, larded

augmented, reinforced (also reenforced), supplemented

decontaminated, purified

clarified, cleaned, cleansed, distilled, filtered, flushed, leached, pasteurized, purged, refined

bettered, enhanced, improved

compacted, concentrated, condensed
Antonyms of adulterated

enriched, fortified, richened, strengthened

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