Synonyms of the word

pollution

• n. The act of polluting or the state of being polluted, especially the contamination of the environment by…
• n. Something that pollutes; a pollutant.
• n. (archaic) Physical defilement.
• n. (medicine, obsolete) The emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse.

befoulment

• n. The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty.
• n. That which makes or has been made soiled.

contamination

• n. The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
• n. (linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
• n. (linguistics, etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development…
• n. The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the…

defilement

• n. The act of defiling.
• n. The state of being defiled.
• n. (military) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering…

dirtiness

• n. The state or quality of being dirty.

dirtying

• v. present participle of dirty.

impureness

• n. The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.

impurity

• n. The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
• n. A component or additive that renders something else impure.
• n. A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.

soiling

• v. present participle of soil.
• n. An act of making dirty.

soilure

• n. Making or becoming dirty; soiling, staining.

uncleanness

• n. (uncountable) The state of being unclean.
• n. (countable) The result or product of being unclean.