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Synonyms & Antonyms of defiled
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as in polluted, tainted
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for defiled
- bedraggled,
- befouled,
- begrimed,
- bemired,
- besmirched,
- black,
- blackened,
- cruddy,
- dingy,
- dirty,
- draggled,
- dusty,
- filthy,
- foul,
- grimy,
- grotty
- [chiefly British],
- grubby,
- grungy,
- mucky,
- muddy,
- nasty,
- smudged,
- smutty,
- soiled,
- sordid,
- stained,
- sullied,
- unclean,
- uncleanly
- 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
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for defiled
defiled
verb
past tense of defile
Synonyms & Antonyms of defiled (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
- supplies of meat that had been defiled by maggots
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2
to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect
- art conservators were careful not to do anything that might defile the holy relic
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“Defiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defiled. Accessed 18 Jan. 2022.
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