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befoulverb to make dirtyunsightly mud and slush befouls the family car every winter begrime, bemire, besmirch, blacken, daub, dirty, distain(archaic), foul, gaum(dialect), grime, mire, muck, muddy, smirch, smudge, soil, stain, sully contaminate, defile, pollute, taintdiscolorconfuse, disarrange, disarray, dishevel, disorder, draggle, jumble, mess, muddlecolly(chiefly British dialect), crock(dialect) clean, cleanse decontaminate, purge, purifydisinfect, sanitizebrush, dry-clean, dust, launder, mop, rinse, scour, scrub, sweep, wash, wipebrighten, deodorize, freshen, renew, spruce (up)straighten (up), tidy (up) to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirablethe enemy had befouled the water in all of the area's wells with animal carcasses contaminate, defile, foul, poison, pollute, taint infectbegrime, besmirch, blacken, dirty, foul up, grime, mire, muddy, smirch, smudge, soil, stain, sullycorrupt, rot, spoiladulterate, doctordilute, water down decontaminate, purify clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, distill(also distil), purgefilterdisinfect, sanitize, sterilize in the 12th century |