Synonyms of befouled

befouled 1 of 2

adjective

as in filthy

not clean

given the task of cleaning the animals' befouled pens

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filthy
• stained
• blackened
• dusty
• muddy
• dirty
• black
• nasty
• soiled
• smudged
• polluted
• grimy
• begrimed
• greasy
• unclean
• sullied
• messy
• dingy
• grubby
• sordid
• foul
• mucky
• besmirched
• bedraggled
• grungy
• uncleanly
• smutty
• grotty
• contaminated
• sloppy
• draggled
• cruddy
• chaotic
• littered
• tainted
• messed
• bemired
• impure
• confused
• defiled
• unsanitary
• unwashed
• insanitary
• uncleaned
• unsterile
• slovenly
• cluttered
• unsterilized
• unkempt
• rumpled
• disordered
• disheveled
• untidy
• dishevelled
• disarranged
• scruffy
• squalid
• muddled
• shabby
• jumbled
• sooty
• germy
• raunchy
• gunky
• disarrayed
• mussed
• mussy
• sleazy
• scuzzy
• skanky
• fuliginous
• collied
• crocked

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• clean
• spotless
• unsullied
• unsoiled
• immaculate
• unstained
• pure
• stainless
• cleanly
• cleaned
• spick-and-span
• limpid
• clear
• ultraclean
• cleansed
• spic-and-span
• bleached
• orderly
• neat
• tidy
• ordered
• groomed
• combed
• purified
• whitened
• untouched
• perfect
• sparkling
• shiny
• unpolluted
• unspotted
• flawless
• bright
• untainted
• unblemished
• wholesome
• virgin
• undefiled
• taintless

befouled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of befoul

1

as in stained

to make dirty

unsightly mud and slush befouls the family car every winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stained
• blackened
• dirtied
• sullied
• soiled
• besmirched
• begrimed
• grimed
• smudged
• muddied
• messed
• polluted
• smirched
• mucked
• mired
• daubed
• contaminated
• fouled
• tainted
• distained
• defiled
• gaumed
• bemired
• discolored
• dishevelled
• disarranged
• disordered
• disheveled
• draggled
• jumbled
• muddled
• confused
• disarrayed
• crocked
• collied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cleaned
• cleansed
• purified
• purged
• decontaminated
• disinfected
• wiped
• swept
• washed
• sanitized
• scrubbed
• brushed
• rinsed
• dusted
• renewed
• scoured
• laundered
• mopped
• brightened
• freshened
• straightened (up)
• dry-cleaned
• deodorized
• spruced (up)
• tidied (up)

2

as in polluted

to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable

the enemy had befouled the water in all of the area's wells with animal carcasses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• polluted
• poisoned
• contaminated
• tainted
• defiled
• infected
• fouled
• soiled
• sullied
• stained
• dirtied
• diluted
• smudged
• besmirched
• spoilt
• blackened
• begrimed
• corrupted
• mired
• rotted
• muddied
• adulterated
• grimed
• smirched
• spoiled
• watered down
• fouled up
• doctored

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• purified
• cleaned
• distilled
• cleared
• cleansed
• purged
• filtered
• clarified
• decontaminated
• sterilized
• disinfected
• sanitized