Antonyms for polluted


Grammar : Verb
Spell : puh-loo-tid
Phonetic Transcription : pəˈlu tɪd


Definition of polluted

Origin :
  • c.1400, "rendered impure or unclean," past participle adjective from pollute (v.). Meaning "drunk" is from 1912, American English slang; ecological sense is from 1888.
  • verb make dirty; corrupt
Example sentences :
  • He worships every handsome woman, who will allow herself to be polluted by his incense.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • It sheared off heads so many, that it, and the ground it most polluted, were a rotten red.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • We do not say that art should be despised by the novelist; we only contend that it should not be polluted.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 » by Various
  • This, it is said, is an effective arrangement for drawing off the polluted air of a room.
  • Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden
  • But heresies have polluted every church, and schisms are the fruit of disputation.
  • Extract from : « The Pioneers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • How long, may we ask, is our land to be polluted with such abominations?
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various
  • Would to heaven my being were not derived from such a polluted source.
  • Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
  • From that hour she would abhor him, and shrink from his polluted hand.
  • Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
  • And of this Pylades also I will say that he is polluted in like manner with thee.
  • Extract from : « Myths and Legends of All Nations » by Various
  • I was degraded and polluted by the confessional just as you and all the priests of Rome are.
  • Extract from : « The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional » by Father Chiniquy

Synonyms for polluted

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