Meanings
comparative more polluted · superlative most polluted
- Made unclean or impure.
Synonyms: adulterated, foul, tainted, adulterated, common, contaminated, corrupted, mixed · Antonyms: uncontaminated, unpolluted
- IrelandDrunk.
"[He was] Absolutely polluted. He was SO drunk that he had to be helped into the cab!" "White, you are crazy! Jack Fielding was never drunk in his life!"
1903, The Argosy, page 2952 more examples
In a very 'ugly' mood, I got absolutely polluted and drunk the next night in San Diego for the very first time in my life. I got into a bar fight at the 'China Doll Bar,' hit a cop who had questioned my legal drinking age and pushed me when I felt that he[…]
2014 January 16, Bill Aken, Carry Your Own Guitar: From Abandoned Child to Legendary Musician - the True Story of Bill Aken, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN"God, Adam. You're absolutely polluted. What have you been drinking?" "Whiskey," Hagen responded. "Beer, too, I'm afraid. I'm actually on the verge of sobriety , a condition I intend on rectifying as soon as both of you leave the premises[…]"
2020 August 25, William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone, Bury the Hatchet, Pinnacle Books, →ISBNSynonyms: inebriated, lamped, ossified, Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed
- pastsimple past of pollute
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveMade unclean or impure.
adjectiveDrunk.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiverendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek μιαρός
- μιαρός (miarós)defiled
Finnish saastunut
- saastunutdefiled
French impur
- impurdefiled
Hungarian szennyezett
- szennyezettdefiled
Latin pollūtus
- pollūtusdefiled
Portuguese poluído
- poluídodefiled
Spanish poluto, polucionado
- polutodefiled
- polucionadodefiled
Swedish förorenad
- förorenaddefiled
Ukrainian забруднений
- забруднений (zabrudnenyj)defiled
Cite this entry
polluted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polluted
“polluted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polluted. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polluted,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polluted.
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