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Defenition of the word defile

    • Defenition of the word defile

      • To make filthy.
      • To remove the consecration from a person or an object.
      • a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
      • place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
      • spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
      • make dirty or spotty; also used metaphorically: "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
      • make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
      • place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone''s reputation"
      • spot, stain, or pollute
      • make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
      • place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

    Synonyms for the word defile

      • befoul
      • besmirch
      • cloud
      • corrupt
      • debase
      • degrade
      • desecrate
      • despoil
      • dirty
      • dishonor
      • foul
      • gap
      • gorge
      • maculate
      • pass
      • pollute
      • profane
      • ruin
      • soil
      • sully
      • taint
      • tarnish
      • valley
      • violate

    Similar words in the defile

      • defile
      • defiled
      • defilement
      • defilement's
      • defiles

    Hyponyms for the word defile

      • darken

    Hypernyms for the word defile

      • attaint
      • blob
      • blot
      • deflower
      • disgrace
      • dishonor
      • dishonour
      • fleck
      • impair
      • mar
      • mountain pass
      • notch
      • pass
      • shame
      • spoil
      • spot
      • stain
      • vitiate

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