DEFILING Synonyms

• seducing into corrupt practices

• harmful to the mind or morals

• that infects or taints

• used of conduct; characterized by dishonor

• (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study

• the act of spotting or staining something

• violate the sacred character of a place or language

• remove the consecration from a person or an object

• To bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame.

• To refuse to accept something, such as a cheque; to not honor.

• To violate or rape.

• make worse or less effective

• make imperfect

• make impure

• discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation

• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

• United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)

• French statesman (1560-1641)

• place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• morally blemished; stained or impure

• spotted or blotched

• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

• spot, stain, or pollute

• spot, stain, or pollute

• any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible

• a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude

• out of touch with reality

• a cause of worry or gloom or trouble

• suspicion affecting your reputation

• a group of many things in the air or on the ground

• make overcast or cloudy

• make less visible or unclear

• billow up in the form of a cloud

• make gloomy or depressed

• place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

• make less clear

• colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

• make milky or dull

• make impure

• make radioactive by adding radioactive material

• lacking in integrity

• not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

• containing errors or alterations

• touched by rot or decay

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

• place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

• alter from the original

• violate the sacred character of a place or language

• remove the consecration from a person or an object

• (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines

• an act that violates the rules of a sport

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• offensively malodorous

• violating accepted standards or rules

• (of a manuscript) defaced with changes

• characterized by obscenity

• disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter

• especially of a ship's lines etc

• hit a foul ball

• make impure

• become or cause to become obstructed

• commit a foul; break the rules

• spot, stain, or pollute

• make unclean

• become soiled and dirty

• a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)

• a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

• the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• make impure

• not concerned with or devoted to religion

• characterized by profanity or cursing

• not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled

• grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• violate the sacred character of a place or language