vitiate

🇺🇸 /ˈvɪʃieɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈvɪʃieɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

to make something less effective or spoil it

Smoking vitiates the air in the room, making it unpleasant to breathe.

translation

v. to make something less effective or spoil it

Word Forms

3rd Present vitiates
Past vitiated
Perfect vitiated
Progressive vitiating

Synonyms

injure v. 使受伤, 损害（名誉） subvert v. 颠覆 degrade v. 贬低, 降低, 降解 taint v. 污染 weaken v. 削弱, 使虚弱, 动摇, 变弱, 贬值 darken v. 变暗, 变得不快 damage n. 损害, 伤害, 赔偿金 mar v. 破坏 deteriorate v. 恶化 dilute v. 稀释, 削弱 spoil v. 破坏, 溺爱, 款待, 变质, 作废选票 poison n. 毒药, 毒害 compromise n. 妥协, 协调方案, 妥协行为

Antonyms

reconstruct v. 重建, 重现 uplift n. 提升, 振奋, 隆升 purify v. 净化 rebuild v. 重建, 恢复 cleanse v. 清洗, 净化 elevate v. 提升（职位或等级）, 抬高, 提高, 振奋 patch n. 斑块, 补丁, 眼罩, 徽章, 戒烟贴片, 小块地, 辖区, 困难时期 amend v. 修改 enhance v. 提高 honor n. 高度敬仰, 荣誉, 正直, 名誉, 荣誉象征, 荣誉奖项, 荣誉课程, 荣誉等级, 尊称, 大牌 fix v. 修理, 确定, 安排, 固定, 定位, 准备, 整理, 操纵, 收拾, 定影, 绝育 improve v. 改善 repair v. 修理, 修复 help v. 帮助, 改善, 扶助, 招待, 擅自取用

Similar Words

vibrate v. 振动 violate v. 违反, 侵犯, 亵渎, 强奸