Thesaurus
vitiate
Synonyms and Antonyms of vitiate
1
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable
2
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken
erode, scour, wash out, wear (away)
disable, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, torment, torture
annihilate, bang up, bash, batter, clobber, crush, dash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, scourge, shatter, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wreck
doctor, fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, revamp
3
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
abase, bastardize, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, deteriorate, lessen, pervert, poison, profane, prostitute, subvert, warp
Synonym Discussion of vitiate
-
- commercialism has debased the holiday
-
- a foreign policy vitiated by partisanship
-
- the claim that society is depraved by pornography
-
- the belief that bureaucratese corrupts the language
-
- the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew
-
- perverted the original goals of the institute
Learn More about vitiate
-
See words that rhyme with vitiate Dictionary: Definition of vitiate Nglish: Translation of vitiate for Spanish speakers
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up vitiate? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
