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

Visual elements seem corrupted. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026

Two decades later, the past reawakens when an email from the missing girl triggers the same sinister pop-up, pulling her childhood friends into a corrupted corner of the internet—and into the heart of Japan’s most chilling digital myth. —Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2025

Backups can become corrupted over time and be useless if this happens. —Chongwei Chen, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

Signalis’s radio-receiver module is reminiscent of Metal Gear Solid’s radio conversations, and players will need to utilize it to unlock safes and fight against corrupted enemies. —George Yang, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025

Driver or update problems Occasionally, outdated or corrupted mouse and graphics drivers can cause the pointer to flicker, freeze, or vanish. —Ken Colburn, AZCentral.com, 1 Sep. 2025

With this ominous elegy of corrupted youth, the LiveLeak generation meets its Los Olvidados. —Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025

Verb

Trump has thoroughly corrupted the Justice Department, but its selective prosecutions of his foes have been thwarted by judges and, more strikingly, by grand juries. —Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025

Murry corrupted and perverted and destroyed Katherine both as a person and a writer […] Her gifts were those of an intense realist, with a superb sense of ironic humour and fundamental cynicism. —Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025

Pure visions get creatively corrupted. —Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2025

American Airlines added that an initial safety review found no indication that flight control data had been corrupted on its A320s. —Jay Blackman, NBC news, 28 Nov. 2025

However, the future of college sports is at risk, and protecting one of the last aspects of campus life not corrupted by liberal ideology is worth it. —Gregg Harper, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025

Based in Venezuela, the Cartel de los Soles is headed by Nicolás Maduro and other high-ranking individuals of the illegitimate Maduro regime who have corrupted Venezuela's military, intelligence, legislature, and judiciary. —Simon Crerar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025

Del Toro wants to emphasize the contrast between Frankenstein, corrupted by ambition, and his Creature, born blameless. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025

Some people think today’s pro athletes are too wealthy to be corrupted. —Danny Funt, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025