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befoul

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Verb (transitive)
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be=foul

CIDE DICTIONARY

befoulv. t. [Cf. AS. beflan; pref. be- + flan to foul. See Foul, a.].
  •  To make foul; to soil.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

befoul, v.tr. poet.
1 make foul or dirty.
2 degrade; defile (befouled her name).

THESAURUS

befoul

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

ROGET THESAURUS

befoul

Uncleanness

VB be unclean, become unclean, rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek, stink, mold, molder, go bad, render unclean, dirt, dirty, daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear, smirch, begrease, dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle, spatter, slubber, besmear, bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul, splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven, corrupt, cover with dust, drabble in the mud, roil, wallow in the mire, slobber, slabber.


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