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befoul
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of BEFOUL
1
to make dirty <unsightly mud and slush befouls the family car every winter>
Synonyms befoul, begrime, bemire, besmirch, blacken, daub, distain [archaic], foul, gaum [dialect], grime, mire, muck, muddy, smirch, smudge, soil, stain, sully
Related Words contaminate, defile, pollute, taint; discolor; confuse, disarrange, disarray, dishevel, disorder, draggle, jumble, mess, muddle; colly [chiefly British dialect], crock [dialect]
2
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>
Related Words infect; begrime, besmirch, blacken, dirty, foul up, grime, mire, muddy, smirch, smudge, soil, stain, sully; corrupt, rot, spoil; adulterate, doctor; dilute, water down
Near Antonyms clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, distill (also distil), purge; filter; disinfect, sanitize, sterilize
Antonyms decontaminate, purify
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