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watering downverbpresent participle of water down to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substanceswatered down the cocktails while jacking up their prices adulterating, cutting, diluting, extending, lacing, sophisticating, thinning, weakening loadingbefouling, contaminating, corrupting, defiling, dirtying, envenoming, fouling, infecting, poisoning, polluting, soiling, spoiling, sullying, taintingcheapening, debasing, degradingmanipulating, misrepresenting, tampering (with)counterfeiting, faking, falsifying, fudgingdoctoring, spikingattenuating, moderating, qualifying, tempering enriching, fortifying, richening, strengthening fertilizing, lardingaugmenting, reinforcing(also reenforcing), supplementingdecontaminating, purifyingclarifying, cleaning, cleansing, distilling, filtering, flushing, leaching, pasteurizing, purging, refiningbettering, enhancing, improvingcompacting, concentrating, condensing |