'Contaminated' definitions:
Definition of 'contaminated'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Corrupted by contact or association; "contaminated evidence" [ant: uncontaminated]
adjective
Rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams" [syn: contaminated, polluted]
Definition of 'Contaminated'
From: GCIDE
- Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Contaminating.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion, for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See Contact.] To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile. [1913 Webster]
- Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith.
- Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'contaminated'
From: GCIDE
- contaminated \contaminated\ adj.
- 1. containing undesired or infective microorganisms.
- Syn: dirty, infected. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. rendered impure by addition of deleterious substances; as, had to boil the contaminated water.
- Syn: polluted. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. 1 (Computers) damaged by inclusion of incorrect data or information not belonging; as, The file was contaminated by a buggy editor.
- Syn: corrupted. [PJC]
- 4. appearing unethical due to a questionable source or motives; -- of money or activities; as, The fund was contaminated by a large donation from a mobster.
- Syn: tainted. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'contaminated'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- activated,
- autoluminescent,
- bad,
- bad for,
- cankered,
- charged,
- corrupt,
- corrupted,
- debased,
- debauched,
- decadent,
- degenerate,
- degraded,
- depraved,
- diseased,
- dissolute,
- foul,
- gangrened,
- gangrenous,
- harmful,
- hot,
- impure,
- infected,
- injurious,
- insalubrious,
- insanitary,
- irradiated,
- morally polluted,
- morbid,
- morbific,
- mortified,
- noisome,
- nonkosher,
- noxious,
- pathogenic,
- pathological,
- peccant,
- perverted,
- pestiferous,
- poisoned,
- polluted,
- profligate,
- radiferous,
- radioactivated,
- radioactive,
- radioluminescent,
- reprobate,
- ritually unclean,
- rotten,
- septic,
- sphacelated,
- steeped in iniquity,
- tainted,
- tref,
- ulcerated,
- ulcerous,
- unbathed,
- unclean,
- uncleanly,
- unhealthful,
- unhealthy,
- unhygienic,
- unpure,
- unsanitary,
- unscoured,
- unscrubbed,
- unswept,
- unwashed,
- unwholesome,
- unwiped,
- vice-corrupted,
- vitiated,
- warped