Synonyms of corrupted

corrupted 1 of 2

adjective

as in rotten

having undergone organic breakdown

corrupted corpses that sickened the animal control officers sent to investigate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rotten
• spoiled
• decayed
• decomposed
• putrid
• bad
• rotting
• polluted
• addled
• putrefied
• contaminated
• tainted
• soured
• turned
• degenerated
• sour
• impure
• fermented
• corroded
• defiled
• fouled
• deteriorated
• rancid
• curdled
• crumbled
• disintegrated
• decaying
• off
• decomposing
• rank
• disintegrating
• putrescent
• moldy
• sourish
• gangrenous
• mildewy
• putrefying
• moldering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• good
• fresh
• sweet
• preserved
• untouched
• undecomposed
• uncontaminated
• pristine
• unspoiled
• untainted
• unpolluted
• undefiled

corrupted

2 of 2

verb

past tense of corrupt

1

as in decomposed

to go through decomposition

a dead mouse corrupting in the walls produced a terrible smell

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decomposed
• decayed
• disintegrated
• rotted
• perished
• spoiled
• molded
• deteriorated
• festered
• putrefied
• fouled
• fell apart
• crumbled
• contaminated
• descended
• polluted
• tainted
• moldered
• broke down
• turned
• soured
• defiled
• rusted
• went to seed
• degenerated
• addled
• fermented
• curdled
• mortified
• dilapidated
• turned off
• withered
• sank
• declined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• developed
• restored
• aged
• matured
• grew
• ripened
• renewed
• purified
• refreshed
• cleansed
• improved
• integrated
• composed
• assembled
• ameliorated
• bettered
• meliorated

2

as in degraded

to lower in character, dignity, or quality

some observers believe that grossly violent movies corrupt the people who watch them as well as the people who make them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• degraded
• weakened
• perverted
• poisoned
• subverted
• deteriorated
• damaged
• destroyed
• depraved
• humiliated
• diluted
• debased
• ruined
• disgraced
• tainted
• polluted
• debauched
• prostituted
• demeaned
• warped
• marred
• bastardized
• contaminated
• vitiated
• cankered
• demoralized
• lessened
• profaned
• cheapened
• impaired
• shamed
• harmed
• wrecked
• hurt
• abased
• thinned
• humbled
• defiled
• flawed
• spoiled
• dishonored
• tarnished
• watered down
• dirtied
• stained
• befouled
• begrimed
• defaced
• descended
• downgraded
• depreciated
• blemished
• took down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elevated
• uplifted
• improved
• honored
• exalted
• amended
• ennobled
• enhanced
• restored
• enriched
• dignified
• perfected
• purified
• refined
• cleaned
• ameliorated
• cleansed
• bettered
• clarified
• respected
• meliorated

3

as in bribed

to influence someone with a bribe

he bragged about having corrupted half of the officials on the city council

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bribed
• seduced
• poisoned
• lured
• enticed
• bought
• had
• provoked
• persuaded
• paid off
• tempted
• got at
• squared
• subverted
• tainted
• degraded
• depraved
• perverted
• debased
• debauched
• dishonored
• defiled
• warped
• greased the hand of
• prostituted
• oiled the hand of
• induced
• demeaned
• motivated
• profaned
• abased
• beguiled
• tampered (with)
• stimulated
• spurred
• allured
• trapped
• fixed
• led on
• goaded
• baited
• flattered
• snared

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of corrupted

Adjective

Clark has a lot in common with Sam Neill’s corrupted scientist in Event Horizon. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 29 May 2026

His corrupted Justice Department sought to get Peters sprung from Colorado prison, presumably to set her loose from a federal facility. — Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 28 May 2026

Now imagine that kind of corrupted, perverted system of justice writ large. — Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026

Every subsequent read of the file sees the corrupted version, even though the attacker only ever had read access. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026

This means their control of a corrupted American political system will have ramifications worldwide. — Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026

Journey across the world as Kena, a spirit guide who partners with magical critters called Rot to cleanse a corrupted land. — George Yang, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026

This means their control of a corrupted American political system will have ramifications worldwide. — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026

Her work plainly belongs to this lineage of witchy writers, women whose deliciously corrupted scenes of home and hearth produce fear and wild laughter at once. — Kristen Roupenian, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

Verb

The unsightly mushroom could have corrupted her maids’ morals, or even their health. — Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026

If religion is corrupted by breaking down the wall of separation, much the same is true of the state. — Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Systems must remain safe not only when components fail naturally, but when data is corrupted, communication is interrupted or execution is violated. — John Wall, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

And then Grisebach uses that distaff twist once again, to comment more broadly on the patriarchal nature and gendered violence of power structures corrupted by historical conflict. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 22 May 2026

Supposedly less corrupted by foreign and capitalist influences, old people were more trusted and given accordingly greater autonomy. — Matthew Campbell, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026

The Arch of Nero both honored republicanism and warned that it was being corrupted by the war and, inevitably, its aftermath. — Tyler Green, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026

At first, the gorgeous ripe berries are evidence of how perfect our planet can be, corrupted only by the selfish impulses of a human race that’s largely uninterested in caring for anything on it when there isn’t a profit to be made. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 May 2026

In an era when youth sports can sometimes feel corrupted by money, pressure and adult ego, the Lee Corso Legacy Fund serves as a reminder of what sports are supposed to be about in the first place. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026