Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pollute
Participle: polluted
Gerund: polluting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pollute |
| you | pollute |
| he;she;it | pollutes |
| we | pollute |
| you | pollute |
| they | pollute |
Perfect
| I | have polluted |
| you | have polluted |
| he;she;it | has polluted |
| we | have polluted |
| you | have polluted |
| they | have polluted |
Past
| I | polluted |
| you | polluted |
| he;she;it | polluted |
| we | polluted |
| you | polluted |
| they | polluted |
Pluperfect
| I | had polluted |
| you | had polluted |
| he;she;it | had polluted |
| we | had polluted |
| you | had polluted |
| they | had polluted |
Future
| I | will pollute |
| you | will pollute |
| he;she;it | will pollute |
| we | will pollute |
| you | will pollute |
| they | will pollute |
Future Perfect
| I | will have polluted |
| you | will have polluted |
| he;she;it | will have polluted |
| we | will have polluted |
| you | will have polluted |
| they | will have polluted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pollute |
| you | pollute |
| he;she;it | pollute |
| we | pollute |
| you | pollute |
| they | pollute |
Perfect
| I | have polluted |
| you | have polluted |
| he;she;it | have polluted |
| we | have polluted |
| you | have polluted |
| they | have polluted |
Imperfect
| I | polluted |
| you | polluted |
| he;she;it | polluted |
| we | polluted |
| you | polluted |
| they | polluted |
Pluperfect
| I | had polluted |
| you | had polluted |
| he;she;it | had polluted |
| we | had polluted |
| you | had polluted |
| they | had polluted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pollute |
| you | would pollute |
| he;she;it | would pollute |
| we | would pollute |
| you | would pollute |
| they | would pollute |
Perfect
| I | would have polluted |
| you | would have polluted |
| he;she;it | would have polluted |
| we | would have polluted |
| you | would have polluted |
| they | would have polluted |
Imperative
| you | pollute |
| we | Let's pollute |
| you | pollute |
Verbs conjugated like 'pollute'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pollute'
coelute,
collate,
collude,
depollute,
polite,
solute,
ablute,
allude,
allure,
belute,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make physically dirty
- assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, bedizen, befile, befoul, begrime, beray, besully, bewray, blacken, blot, blur, contaminate, darken, denigrate, dirty, drag through the mud, dull, foil, foul, gunk, gunk up, inquinate, sling mud, slotter, slur, smutch, soss, sowl, spot, stain, sullow, taint, tarnish, uggle
- to upset or make a mess of something; to put into disarray; to adversely alter
- bugger up, dirty, disrupt, disturb, fuck up, jack up, mar, mess up, put a crimp in, queer, ruin, screw up, sour, spoil, stain, turn upside down, upset, upset the applecart
- dirty
- befoul, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defile, deprave, soil, stain
- profane
- blaspheme, defile, desecrate, dishonor, violate
Antonyms
- dirty
- decent, moral, fair, elevated
- profane
- sacred, holy, religious, godly
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English polluten, borrowed from Latin pollūtum, from pollūtus (“no longer virgin", "unchaste”), perfect passive participle of polluō (“soil", "defile", "dishonor”). See: Middle English '
polluten'.
Sample Sentences
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The factory polluted the river when it cleaned its tanks.
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The lights from the stadium polluted the night sky, and we couldn't see the stars.
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But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death. [1952, Bible (Revised Standard Version, Revelation 21:8]