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fouledverbpast tense of foul to make dirtythe mechanic fouled the bath towels with axle grease befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, blackened, daubed, dirtied, distained(archaic), gaumed(dialect), grimed, mired, mucked, muddied, smirched, smudged, soiled, stained, sullied contaminated, defiled, polluted, tainteddiscoloredconfused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled(or dishevelled), disordered, draggled, jumbled, messed, muddledcollied(chiefly British dialect), crocked(dialect) cleaned, cleansed decontaminated, purged, purifieddisinfected, sanitizedbrushed, dry-cleaned, dusted, laundered, mopped, rinsed, scoured, scrubbed, swept, washed, wipedbrightened, deodorized, freshened, renewed, spruced (up)straightened (up), tidied (up) to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirableindustrial pollution fouling the water supply befouled, contaminated, defiled, poisoned, polluted, tainted infectedbegrimed, besmirched, blackened, dirtied, fouled up, grimed, mired, muddied, smirched, smudged, soiled, stained, sulliedcorrupted, rotted, spoiled(or chiefly British spoilt)adulterated, doctoreddiluted, watered down decontaminated, purified clarified, cleaned, cleansed, cleared, distilled, purgedfiltereddisinfected, sanitized, sterilized to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyesthe minister was irreparably fouled by baseless rumors and allegations abased, chastened, cheapened, debased, degraded, demeaned, discredited, disgraced, dishonored, humbled, humiliated, lowered, sank(or sunk), shamed, smirched, took down abashed, confounded, confused, discomfited, disconcerted, discountenanced, embarrassed, fazed, flustered, mortified, nonplussed(also nonplused), rattledbelittled, castigated, cried down, criticized, decried, depreciated, detracted, diminished, discounted, disparaged, minimized, put down, ridiculed, wrote offbad-mouthed, defamed, defiled, libeled(or libelled), maligned, slanderedaffronted, insultedcensured, condemned, damned, denounced, execrated, reprehended, reprobated aggrandized, canonized, deified, elevated, exalted acclaimed, applauded, boasted, celebrated, cheered, cited, commended, complimented, congratulated, decorated, eulogized, extolled, feted(or fêted), hailed, honored, lauded, praised, saluted, toutedacknowledged, recognizedhighlighted, played up, spotlighted(or spotlit)dignified, ennobled, enshrined, enskied, enthroned, glorified, magnifiedadvanced, boosted, lifted, promoted, raised, upgraded, upliftedidealized, romanticized to go through decompositionunless you want to smell the organic refuse as it fouls, locate the compost heap away from the house broke down, corrupted, decayed, decomposed, disintegrated, festered, molded, moldered, perished(chiefly British), putrefied, rotted, spoiled(or chiefly British spoilt) soured, turned, turned off(British)contaminated, defiled, polluted, taintedaddled, curdled, fermentedmortifiedrustedcrumbled, declined, degenerated, descended, deteriorated, dilapidated, sank(or sunk), withered fell apart, went to seed(or ran to seed) aged, developed, grew, matured, ripenedrefreshed, renewed, restoredcleansed, purifiedassembled, composed, integratedameliorated, bettered, improved, meliorated |