polluted

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /pəˈlutɪd/ UK /pəˈluːtɪd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
contaminated with harmful or unclean substances

Fish could no longer survive in the polluted river.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · contaminated with harmful... contaminated taintedbefouledfouled dirty defiled soiled impure

Opposites

clean pure unpolluted pristine uncontaminated

Word family

Related forms pollute pollution polluter pollutant

Etymology

From pollute (from Latin pollutus, past participle of polluere 'to soil, defile', from por- 'before' + luere 'to smear') + -ed.

polluere Latin luere Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# polluted

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /pəˈlutɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /pəˈluːtɪd/

## Meanings
1. contaminated with harmful or unclean substances

## Examples
- Fish could no longer survive in the polluted river.

## Synonyms
- contaminated
- tainted
- befouled
- fouled
- dirty
- defiled
- soiled
- impure

## Antonyms
- clean
- pure
- unpolluted
- pristine
- uncontaminated

## Related Forms
- pollute
- pollution
- polluter
- pollutant

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: polluere
- Root: luere

## Etymology
From pollute (from Latin pollutus, past participle of polluere 'to soil, defile', from por- 'before' + luere 'to smear') + -ed.

## AI Etymology
Polluted comes from pollute (from Latin pollutus, past participle of polluere 'to soil, defile', from por- 'before' + luere 'to smear') + -ed. The etymological trail includes Latin polluere and Latin luere. As an adjective, polluted means contaminated with harmful or unclean substances. The same family is visible in related forms such as pollute, pollution, polluter, and pollutant. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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