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View usage for: (ədʌltəreɪt) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense adulterates, present participle adulterating, past tense, past participle adulteratedverb [usually passive]If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it. The food had been adulterated to increase its weight. [be VERB-ed] There is a regulation against adulterated cosmetics. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: debase, thin, weaken, corrupt More Synonyms of adulterate adulteration (ədʌltəreɪʃən) uncountable noun ...the adulteration of tobacco. [+ of] More Synonyms of adulterate adulterate in British Englishverb (əˈdʌltəˌreɪt)1. (transitive) to debase by adding inferior material to adulterate milk with water adjective (əˈdʌltərɪt, -ˌreɪt)2. adulterated; debased or impure Derived forms adulteration (aˌdulterˈation) noun adulterator (aˈdulterˌator) noun Word origin C16: from Latin adulterāre to corrupt, commit adultery, probably from alter another, hence to approach another, commit adultery adulterate in American English (əˈdʌltərˌeɪt; for adj., əˈdʌltərɪt) verb transitiveWord forms: aˈdulterˌated or aˈdulterˌating1. to make inferior, impure, not genuine, etc. by adding a harmful, less valuable, or prohibited substance adjective2. guilty of adultery; adulterous 3. adulterated; not genuine Derived forms adulterator (aˈdulterˌator) noun Word origin < L adulteratus, pp. of adulterare, to falsify < adulter, an adulterer, counterfeiter < ad-, to + alter, other, another Examples of 'adulterate' in a sentenceadulterate In other languagesadulterate British English: adulterate VERB If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it. The food had been adulterated to increase its weight. - American English: adulterate
- Brazilian Portuguese: adulterar
- Chinese: > 掺假给食物、饮料等
- European Spanish: adulterar
- French: frelater
- German: abwandeln
- Italian: adulterare
- Japanese: 混ぜ物をして質を落とす
- Korean: 불순물을 섞다
- European Portuguese: adulterar
- Latin American Spanish: adulterar
Definition to spoil something by adding inferior material The food had been adulterated to increase its weight. Synonyms corrupt deteriorate mix with devalue water down depreciate make impure Synonyms mixed thinned weakened corrupt deteriorated contaminated devalued watered down depreciated vitiated bastardized Additional synonyms The corporation pleaded guilty to producing and distributing adulterated meat. Synonyms debased, mixed, contaminated, polluted, depreciated, reduced, lowered, impurePreparation and training can attenuate risk. Synonyms weaken, reduce, contract, lower, diminish, decrease, dilute, lessen, sap, water down, adulterate, enfeeble, enervate, devaluate The vaccination contains attenuated strains of the target virus. Synonyms weakened, reduced, contracted, lowered, diminished, decreased, dilute, diluted, lessened, devalued, sapped, watered down, adulterated, enfeebled, enervatedNearby words ofadulterate - adulation
- adulatory
- adult
- adulterate
- adulterated
- adulterer
- adulterous
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