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collying

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present participle of colly, chiefly British dialect

Synonyms & Antonyms of collying

as in crocking

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for collying

crocking
[dialect]

confusing,
disarranging,
disarraying,
disheveling
(or dishevelling),
disordering,
draggling,
jumbling,
messing,
muddling

discoloring

contaminating,
defiling,
polluting,
tainting

befouling,
begriming,
bemiring,
besmirching,
blackening,
daubing,
dirtying,
distaining
[archaic],
fouling,
gauming
[dialect],
griming,
miring,
mucking,
muddying,
smirching,
smudging,
soiling,
staining,
sullying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for collying

cleaning,
cleansing

decontaminating,
purging,
purifying

disinfecting,
sanitizing

brushing,
dry-cleaning,
dusting,
laundering,
mopping,
rinsing,
scouring,
scrubbing,
sweeping,
washing,
wiping

brightening,
deodorizing,
freshening,
renewing,
sprucing (up)

straightening (up),
tidying (up)

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“Collying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collying. Accessed 23 Apr. 2021.

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