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befilth

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -ɪlθ

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verb

Meaning 1

To cover with filth; make filthy; begrime.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bedirty, befoul, foul, assoil, beclart, bedaub, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile, befilth, begrime, beray, beshit, besmear, besmirch, besully, bewray, blacken, blot, blur, clat, contaminate, darken, defile, dirten, dirty, elt, file, foil, gunk, gunk up, inquinate, scunge, sling mud, slotter, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, soss, sowl, spot, stain, sullow, sully, tarnish, uggle

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From be- (“on, about, all over”) + filth.