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Vitiated

adjective
1.
Impaired by diminution.  Synonyms: diminished, lessened, weakened.
2.
Ruined in character or quality.  Synonyms: corrupted, debased.



Vitiate

verb
(past & past part. vitiated; pres. part. vitiating)  (Written also viciate)
1.
Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.  Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert.  "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men" , "Do school counselors subvert young children?" , "Corrupt the morals"
2.
Make imperfect.  Synonyms: deflower, impair, mar, spoil.
3.
Take away the legal force of or render ineffective.  Synonyms: invalidate, void.  Antonym: validate.






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"Vitiated" Quotes from Famous Books



... railways would be smaller than that of steam railways; the working expenses would also be reduced. The rails would be lighter, the rolling stock lighter, the bridges and viaducts less costly, and in the underground railways the atmosphere would not be vitiated. ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 288 - July 9, 1881 • Various

... they were not on very lovable terms the few minutes allowed the mate was a very monotonous affair owing to the forced and dignified silence of his companion, who eyed with disfavour his healthy appetite; but this did not deter him from continuing to dispose of the meagre repast of vitiated salt junk. The request to be helped a second time broke the silence and brought forth language of a highly improper nature, and did the indiscreet officer happen to boldly go for the butter-pot after he had partaken of beef he was eloquently reminded that those who "began with beef ...
— Windjammers and Sea Tramps • Walter Runciman

... than alive, with racking pains, shiverings and exhaustion from prolonged insomnia, he was taken ashore in a Southern city and a physician summoned, who, with a promptness characteristic of the profession, administered a preparation of morphia, and the old fatal spell was renewed at once. The vitiated system that for days had been largely deprived of its support seized upon the drug again with a craving as irresistible as the downward rush of a torrent. The man could no more control his appetite ...
— Without a Home • E. P. Roe

... the unfinished crescent, where there are many apartments with 'rooms facing the sea.' The only redeeming feature of this modern side of Whitby is the circumscribed area it occupies, so that the view from the top of the 199 steps we have climbed is not altogether vitiated. A distinctive feature of the west side of the river has been lost in the sails of the Union Mill, which were taken down some years ago, and the solid brick building where many of the Whitby people, by the excellent method of cooperation, obtained their flour at ...
— Yorkshire--Coast & Moorland Scenes • Gordon Home

... and vitiated sentiments would spoil the finest face ever created. Body and mind are, in fact, so intimately connected, that it is futile, attempting to embellish the one, while neglecting the other, especially as the highest order of all beauty is the intellectual. Let those females, therefore, who ...
— The Jewish Manual • Judith Cohen Montefiore


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