Synonyms of corrupting

corrupting

verb

present participle of corrupt

1

as in decomposing

to go through decomposition

a dead mouse corrupting in the walls produced a terrible smell

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decomposing
• decaying
• disintegrating
• rotting
• molding
• spoiling
• festering
• putrefying
• perishing
• fouling
• deteriorating
• moldering
• falling apart
• contaminating
• crumbling
• polluting
• descending
• turning
• running to seed
• tainting
• souring
• defiling
• breaking down
• going to seed
• rusting
• fermenting
• degenerating
• mortifying
• curdling
• declining
• turning off
• sinking
• addling
• withering
• dilapidating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• growing
• developing
• aging
• maturing
• restoring
• ripening
• ageing
• renewing
• purifying
• refreshing
• cleansing
• integrating
• improving
• assembling
• composing
• ameliorating
• bettering
• meliorating

2

as in degrading

to lower in character, dignity, or quality

some observers believe that grossly violent movies corrupt the people who watch them as well as the people who make them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• degrading
• subverting
• weakening
• debauching
• perverting
• destroying
• deteriorating
• poisoning
• damaging
• diluting
• debasing
• depraving
• humiliating
• polluting
• ruining
• prostituting
• disgracing
• contaminating
• bastardizing
• lessening
• vitiating
• tainting
• cheapening
• demeaning
• profaning
• warping
• marring
• demoralizing
• harming
• cankering
• abasing
• impairing
• shaming
• wrecking
• hurting
• dirtying
• defiling
• thinning
• spoiling
• humbling
• dishonoring
• tarnishing
• watering down
• befouling
• staining
• descending
• defacing
• downgrading
• begriming
• depreciating
• taking down
• flawing
• blemishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elevating
• improving
• uplifting
• honoring
• exalting
• enhancing
• enriching
• ennobling
• amending
• restoring
• perfecting
• ameliorating
• bettering
• cleaning
• respecting
• purifying
• refining
• cleansing
• dignifying
• clarifying
• meliorating

3

as in bribing

to influence someone with a bribe

he bragged about having corrupted half of the officials on the city council

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bribing
• seducing
• luring
• buying
• poisoning
• enticing
• having
• persuading
• provoking
• tempting
• squaring
• getting at
• paying off
• subverting
• depraving
• debauching
• tainting
• debasing
• defiling
• perverting
• greasing the palm of
• degrading
• inducing
• oiling the palm of
• dishonoring
• prostituting
• oiling the hand of
• motivating
• profaning
• warping
• spurring
• greasing the hand of
• demeaning
• tampering (with)
• stimulating
• alluring
• baiting
• trapping
• abasing
• beguiling
• fixing
• goading
• leading on
• flattering
• snaring