🔄 Synonyms of "Befoul"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| foulnoun | (sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball. |
| maculateverb | To spot; to stain; to blur. |
| defilenoun | (transitive) To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Befoul"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| defileverb | (transitive) To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil. |
| foulverb | (transitive, basketball, soccer) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage. |
| maculateverb | To spot; to stain; to blur. |
| befileverb | (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To make filthy; befoul; soil. |
| dirtnoun | (chiefly US) Soil or earth. |
| beraynoun | To make foul; befoul; soil. |
| polluteverb | (transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product. |
| filthy | Covered with filth; very dirty. |
| befilthverb | (transitive, rare) To cover with filth; make filthy; begrime. |
| filthifyverb | (transitive) To make something filthy. |
| filthenverb | (rare, nonstandard, transitive) To cover with filth; besmut; besmirch; make filthy. |
| slurnoun | An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.). |
| dirty upverb | To make dirty; to sully |
| defoulverb | (obsolete) To defile the chastity of; to debauch, to rape. |
| foilnoun | (mnemonic) An acronym for the algorithm for multiplying two binomials. |
| moilnoun | Hard work. |
| impurenoun | Not pure |
| contaminateverb | (transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter. |
| besmirkverb | (transitive) To besmirch; sully; befoul. |
| putrefyverb | To fester or rot and exude a fetid stench. |
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