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单词 begriming
释义

begrime

verb

be·​grime bi-ˈgrīm How to pronounce begrime (audio)
bē-
begrimed; begriming

transitive verb

1
: to make dirty with grime
2
: sully, corrupt

Synonyms

  • befoul
  • bemire
  • besmirch
  • blacken
  • daub
  • dirty
  • distain [archaic]
  • foul
  • gaum [dialect]
  • grime
  • mire
  • muck
  • muddy
  • smirch
  • smudge
  • soil
  • stain
  • sully
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Example Sentences

years of spattered mud had thoroughly begrimed the mailbox by the side of the road
Recent Examples on the Web Also begrimed are the lower extremities of the white costumes worn by the cast (costume design is by Nastya Bugaeva). BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2019 The topsoil of more than a million acres had simply blown away, a portion of it taking to the wind to begrime the nation’s capital. John F. Ross, WSJ, 14 June 2018

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1556, in the meaning defined at sense 1

begriming

verb

present participle of begrime
as in staining
to make dirty years of spattered mud had thoroughly begrimed the mailbox by the side of the road

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • staining
  • griming
  • blackening
  • dirtying
  • messing
  • smirching
  • mucking
  • besmirching
  • gauming
  • smudging
  • bemiring
  • muddying
  • soiling
  • daubing
  • sullying
  • distaining
  • miring
  • befouling
  • polluting
  • fouling
  • contaminating
  • draggling
  • disarranging
  • tainting
  • confusing
  • discoloring
  • disheveling
  • disarraying
  • defiling
  • jumbling
  • muddling
  • disordering
  • dishevelling
  • collying
  • crocking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cleaning
  • cleansing
  • purging
  • purifying
  • decontaminating
  • sweeping
  • washing
  • wiping
  • dusting
  • straightening (up)
  • brushing
  • sanitizing
  • brightening
  • scrubbing
  • scouring
  • disinfecting
  • rinsing
  • laundering
  • mopping
  • sprucing (up)
  • renewing
  • tidying (up)
  • freshening
  • deodorizing
  • dry-cleaning
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