befoul

befoul
Synonyms and related words:
abuse, afflict, aggrieve, benasty, bespatter, bewitch, blacken, blight, condemn, contaminate, convert, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage, debase, defalcate, defame, defile, denigrate, deprave, desecrate, despoil, destroy, disadvantage, disserve, distress, divert, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, embezzle, envenom, foul, get into trouble, harass, harm, hex, hurt, impair, infect, injure, jinx, maladminister, maltreat, menace, mess, mess up, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy, mishandle, mismanage, mistreat, misuse, molest, nasty, outrage, peculate, persecute, pervert, pilfer, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, profane, prostitute, savage, scathe, slander, slur, smear, spatter, sully, taint, tarnish, threaten, torment, torture, traduce, violate, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong

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  • Befoul — Be*foul , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befouled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Befouling}.] [Cf. AS. bef?lan; pref. be + f?lan to foul. See {Foul}, a.] 1. To make foul; to soil. [1913 Webster] 2. To entangle or run against so as to impede motion. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • befoul — index contaminate, corrupt, debase, infect, pillory, pollute, stain, taint (contaminate) …   Law dictionary

  • befoul — early 14c., from BE (Cf. be ) + FOUL (Cf. foul) (v.). Related: Befouled; befouling …   Etymology dictionary

  • befoul — foul, dirty, sully, *soil, smirch, besmirch, grime, begrime, tarnish Analogous words: *spot, spatter, sprinkle …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • befoul — [bē foul′, bifoul′] vt. [ME befoulen < OE befylan: see BE & FOUL] 1. to make filthy; dirty; soil 2. to cast aspersions on; slander befoulment n …   English World dictionary

  • befoul — transitive verb Date: before 12th century 1. to make foul (as with dirt or waste) 2. sully, soil, besmirch < scandal befouled his reputation > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • befoul — befouler, n. befoulment, n. /bi fowl /, v.t. to make dirty or filthy; soil; defile; sully: a bird that befouls its own nest. [1275 1325; ME bi foulen. See BE , FOUL] * * * …   Universalium

  • befoul — verb a) To make foul; to soil. b) To entangle or run against so as to impede motion. See Also: foul, afoul …   Wiktionary

  • befoul — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To make dirty: begrime, besmirch, besoil, black, blacken, defile, dirty, smudge, smutch, soil, sully. See CLEAN. 2. To contaminate the reputation of: besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty,… …   English dictionary for students

  • befoul — be·foul || bɪ faÊŠl v. ruin; desecrate; soil …   English contemporary dictionary

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