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
• disarranged
• scruffy
• squalid
• muddled
• shabby
• sooty
• jumbled
• germy
• raunchy
• gunky
• disarrayed
• mussed
• mussy
• sleazy
• scuzzy
• skanky
• fuliginous
• collied
• crocked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clean
• spotless
• unsullied
• unsoiled
• immaculate
• unstained
• pure
• stainless
• cleanly
• cleaned
• spick-and-span
• limpid
• clear
• ultraclean
• cleansed
• 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
• 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
• blackened
• begrimed
• corrupted
• mired
• rotted
• muddied
• grimed
• adulterated
• smirched
• spoiled
• watered down
• fouled up
• doctored

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of befouled

Adjective

The Twits, simply trying to promote their befouled business interests, launch a campaign to restore past greatness. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Verb

That will prevent polluted excess water being sent on estuaries east and west of the lake that have befouled waters with blue-green algae that has led to massive deaths of marine life within the past decade. — Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026

Los Angeles, that magical realm of shimmering natural beauty, was befouled by smog — maybe forever. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026

Fennell also cut the novel’s frame story, in which the events of the story are told by the housekeeper Nelly (played in the movie by Hong Chau) to an outside observer years after all the sorrowful drama that befouled Heathcliff and Cathy. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026

They should not be thrown, jumped off, eaten, screamed at, or otherwise befouled. — Eddie Small, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026