vitiate

Meaning

1. (transitive) To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.
2. (transitive) To debase or morally corrupt.
3. (archaic, transitive) To violate, to rape.
4. (transitive) To make something ineffective, to invalidate.

Synonyms

corrupt

spoil

impair

mar

damage

debauch

debase

invalidate

pollute

deflower

harm

pervert

profane

hurt

ruin

subvert

injure

deprave

void

dilute

adulterate

demoralize

misdirect

demoralise

thin

mutilate

nullify

pamper

rape

ravish

scuff

taint

unlive

unmake

vacate

violate

water down

wear

wear down

make angry

take by force

waste

annul

assault

blast

blight

break

breakage

cancel

coddle

Translations

viziare

viciar

bederven

φθείρω

beeinträchtigen

verderben

danneggiare

deteriorar

διαστρέφω

espatllar

beschädigen

détériorer

deteriorar

χαλώ

vicier

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt/

Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Latin vitiātus, the perfect passive participle of vitiō (“damage, spoil”), from vitium (“vice”).