Pollution

Noun

 * 1) The act of polluting or the state of being polluted, especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances.
 * 2) Something that pollutes; a pollutant.
 * 3)  Physical defilement

Adjectives for Pollution
horrible; fat; moral; abhorrent; waterside.

Verbs for Pollution
befoul with—; complain of—; expose to—; labor under—; reproach for—; —brands: — corrupts; —defaces; —denies; —degrades; —disgraces; —harms; —impairs; —infects; —mars; —offends; —overshadows; —pillages; —saps; —scathes; —shames; —stains; —sullies; —taints.

Thesaurus
abomination, abuse, abuse of office, adulteration, air, atrocity, bad, badness, bane, bastardizing, befouling, befoulment, besmirchment, blight, contamination, conversion, corrupt administration, corruption, crying evil, cutting, damage, debasement, defalcation, defilement, desecration, despoliation, destruction, detriment, dilution, dirtying, diversion, doctoring, embezzlement, envenoming, evil, festering, fortifying, fouling, grievance, harm, harmfulness, havoc, health hazard, hurt, ill, infection, injuriousness, injury, insalubriousness, insalubrity, lacing, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, menace to health, misapplication, misappropriation, mischief, misconduct, misemployment, misfeasance, mishandling, mismanagement, misusage, misuse, noise pollution, noisomeness, noxiousness, outrage, pathenogenicity, peculation, perversion, pilfering, poison, poisoning, poor stewardship, profanation, prostitution, ritual uncleanness, soiling, spiking, spoiling, staining, sullying, suppuration, tainting, the worst, toxin, unhealthfulness, unhealthiness, unsalutariness, unwholesomeness, venom, vexation, violation, vitiation, water, watering, woe, wrong

Etymology
Recorded since c.1340, as "discharge of semen other than during sex," later, "desecration, defilement" (1382), from Late pollutio "defilement," from Latin polluere "to soil, defile, contaminate", itself from por- "before" + -luere "to smear" (related to lutum "mud" and to lues "filth", compare Greek (lyma) "filth, dirt, disgrace" and (lymax) "rubbish, refuse," Old Irish loth "mud, dirt," Lithuanian lutynas "pool, puddle"). Sense of "contamination of the environment" first recorded c.1860

Synonyms

 * soilage

Antonyms

 * conservation
 * purity

Derived terms

 * light pollution
 * noise pollution
 * soil pollution
 * water pollution
 * air pollution

Related terms

 * polluter

Translations

 * Afrikaans: omgewingsbesoedeling
 * Arabic: تلويث, تلوث
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: vervuiling, milieuveronreiniging, pollutie,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Verunreinigung,
 * Greek: μόλυνση
 * Hindi: प्रदूषण


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 오염 (汚染)
 * Polish: zanieczyszczenie
 * Russian: загрязнение
 * Scottish Gaelic: truailleadh
 * Spanish: polución
 * Telugu: కాలుష్యం
 * Thai: มลภาวะ
 * Vietnamese: ô nhiễm


 * Danish:
 * Dutch: vervuiling, veronreiniging, pollutie
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: sostanza inquinante ,
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: zanieczyszczenie


 * Dutch: bezoedeling, veronreiniging, smet

Noun

 * 1) pollution

Synonyms

 * profanation
 * souillure

Related terms

 * polluant
 * polluer
 * pollutif