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

But the point was just that Nick’s character is emulating Sheridan’s poisonous corrupted values, and the internet is a vehicle for that relationship. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

Sponsors are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete or technically corrupted entries. — Sponsored Content, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026

Incomplete, corrupted, untimely, or unintelligible Submissions or Submission Forms will be disqualified. — August 16, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026

The demon Rasho-gan has taken over the shrine and corrupted worshippers’ prayers. — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

The anime merely depicts a border spat between a few small nations, whereas the manga is more global in reach and also deals with much of the underlying mysteries of the corrupted world the characters now live in. — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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

Verb

The audience is interacting with an object that had been scanned, that had been corrupted in some way. — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2026

Obama and Biden were corrupted by donors who wanted cheap labor. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

But, in Hagwon, Lee does not seem interested in the ways in which her diplomatic, kind, generous characters might be corrupted. — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

This may then seem like yet another story about how Trump has wrecked norms and corrupted the rule of law. — James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

The difference with those films is that all those guys came in corrupted by something or had something mentally going on. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026

As a result, the notion of utopia became increasingly associated with the sci-fi genre, while the idea of creating a perfect social order here on earth was corrupted by totalitarian regimes. — Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026

If Romance balanced the human and the corrupted, Dopamine Chamber deliberately tips the scales. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 18 Aug. 2026

Thomas Mann—who later changed his mind on such matters—believed that Germany in the First World War was fighting for its unique national soul against a shallow materialist Western civilization corrupted by rationalism. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026