All vitiate synonyms
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V v verb vitiate
- demoralize β If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
- go downhill β travel down a slope
- quash β to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
- maculate β spotted; stained.
- in-convenience β the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- muddied β abounding in or covered with mud.
- go to pot β a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
- begrime β to make dirty; soil
- brutalize β If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
- blotched β Something that is blotched has blotches on it.
- blue pencil β deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
- annihilate β To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
- counter check β a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
- disserve β to be a disservice to; serve harmfully or injuriously.
- countercheck β a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
- debase β To debase something means to reduce its value or quality.
- weighted β having additional weight.
- deteriorate β If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
- be-little β to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- bemean β to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
- go to the dogs β a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- illtreat β Alternative form of ill-treat.
- corrupt β Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
- bang up β When a prisoner is banged up, they are put in prison and locked in a cell.
- demoralise β to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- clamp down on β a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- bastardise β to lower in condition or worth; debase: hybrid works that neither preserve nor bastardize existing art forms.
- muddying β Cause to become covered in or full of mud.
- debauch β to lead into a life of depraved self-indulgence
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- emasculate β Make (a person, idea, or piece of legislation) weaker or less effective.
- adulterate β If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it.
- dilapidate β to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- cast down β If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- dulling β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- go bad β not good in any manner or degree.
- forget it β certainly not
- watergate β a White House political scandal that came to light during the 1972 presidential campaign, growing out of a break-in at the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate apartment-office complex in Washington, D.C., and, after congressional hearings, culminating in the resignation of President Nixon in 1974.
- winging β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- counter-checking β a check that opposes or restrains.
- harm β a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- benching β a long seat for several persons: a bench in the park.
- attenuate β To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- declass β to lower in social status or position; degrade
- mar β to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather.
- enervate β Cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.
adjective vitiate
- flagitous β (archaic) wicked, reprehensible.
adj vitiate
- debauched β If you describe someone as debauched, you mean they behave in a way that you think is socially unacceptable, for example because they drink a lot of alcohol or have sex with a lot of people.