mongrelized
Made of mixed stock
Mongrelized describes something made mixed or impure by combining disparate elements.
The word derives from mongrel—a dog of mixed or unknown breeding—and carries strongly negative connotations of contamination or degradation.
It appears most often in racist rhetoric about racial mixing or cultural blending: They claimed the nation's bloodlines had been mongrelized.
Outside explicitly bigoted contexts, the word is rare and almost always pejorative.
Made impure by contact
- taintedContaminated, made impure
- adulteratedDiluted with inferior substances
- pollutedMade impure by contaminants
- defiledMade foul or impure
corrupted · degraded · diluted · debased · sullied · tarnished · bastardized · cheapened
Mixed genetic heritage
- interbredMated between varieties
- mixedBlended from varied elements
- blendedMixed into uniformity
- fusedJoined by melting together
amalgamated · combined · composite · intermixed · melded · synthesized · merged · intermingled
Mixed-breed dog
- motleyVaried, incongruous mixture
- hodgepodgeConfused, disorderly mixture
- patchworkFabric scraps sewn together
- mishmashDisorderly mixture of elements
jumbled · variegated · polyglot · cosmopolitan · multicultural · pluralistic · eclectic · diverse
contaminated
Made impure by contact
- taintedContaminated, made impure
- adulteratedDiluted with inferior substances
- pollutedMade impure by contaminants
defiled · corrupted · degraded · diluted · debased · sullied · tarnished · bastardized · cheapened · compromised
crossbred
Mixed genetic heritage
fused · amalgamated · combined · composite · intermixed · melded · synthesized · merged · intermingled · grafted
mutt
Mixed-breed dog
- motleyVaried, incongruous mixture
- hodgepodgeConfused, disorderly mixture
- patchworkFabric scraps sewn together
mishmash · jumbled · variegated · polyglot · cosmopolitan · multicultural · pluralistic · eclectic · diverse · assorted
mongrelizedpurebred
Of single breed ancestry
pedigreed · pure-blooded · thoroughbred · full-blooded · unmixed
mongrelizedpure
Unmixed, without impurities
unadulterated · homogeneous · authentic · pristine · untainted