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polluted
pol·lute P0418000 (pə-lo͞ot′)tr.v. pol·lut·ed, pol·lut·ing, pol·lutes 1. To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter. See Synonyms at contaminate.2. To make less suitable for an activity, especially by the introduction of unwanted factors: The stadium lights polluted the sky around the observatory.3. To render impure or morally harmful; corrupt: felt that the minds of young people were hopelessly polluted by television ads.
[Middle English polluten, from Latin polluere, pollūt-.]
pol·lut′er n.polluted (pəˈluːtɪd) adj1. made unclean or impure; contaminated2. slang US intoxicated; drunkThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | polluted - rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"contaminatedimpure - combined with extraneous elements |
Translations
polluted
pollutedslang Heavily intoxicated with drugs or alcohol. I was so polluted I couldn't even write my name legibly. My father used to spend all weekend too polluted to play with me or my siblings.See also: pollutepolluted mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. Those guys are really polluted. See also: polluteEncyclopediaSeepollutionMedicalSeepolluteLegalSeePollutionpolluted
Synonyms for pollutedadj rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollutionSynonymsRelated Words |