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(Entry 1 of 2)
not clean
- given the task of cleaning the animals' befouled pens
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- chaotic,
- cluttered,
- confused,
- disarranged,
- disarrayed,
- disheveled
- (or dishevelled),
- disordered,
- jumbled,
- littered,
- messed,
- messy,
- muddled,
- mussed,
- mussy,
- rumpled,
- scruffy,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- unkempt,
- untidy
- collied
- [chiefly British dialect],
- crocked
- [dialect],
- fuliginous,
- sooty
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befouled
verb
past tense of befoul
Synonyms & Antonyms of befouled (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to make dirty
- unsightly mud and slush befouls the family car every winter
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- confused,
- disarranged,
- disarrayed,
- disheveled
- (or dishevelled),
- disordered,
- draggled,
- jumbled,
- messed,
- muddled
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2
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
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