befoulment
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befoulment — n. state of desecration, ruin … English contemporary dictionary
befoulment — noun the state of being polluted • Syn: ↑defilement, ↑pollution • Derivationally related forms: ↑pollute (for: ↑pollution), ↑defile (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
defilement — noun the state of being polluted • Syn: ↑befoulment, ↑pollution • Derivationally related forms: ↑pollute (for: ↑pollution), ↑defile, ↑befoul ( … Useful english dictionary
pollution — noun 1. undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities (Freq. 1) • Derivationally related forms: ↑pollute • Hypernyms: ↑environmental condition, ↑impurity, ↑impureness … Useful english dictionary
befoul — befouler, n. befoulment, n. /bi fowl /, v.t. to make dirty or filthy; soil; defile; sully: a bird that befouls its own nest. [1275 1325; ME bi foulen. See BE , FOUL] * * * … Universalium
contaminate — I noun abomination, adulteration, befoulment, contagion, defilement, infection, poisoning, pollution, taint, vitiation II verb adulterate, befoul, corrupt, debase, defile, degenerate, degrade, denaturalize, desecrate, disease, impair, infect, mar … Law dictionary
abomination — Synonyms and related words: Anglophobia, Russophobia, abhorrence, allergy, anathema, annoyance, antagonism, anti Semitism, antipathy, atrocity, aversion, bad, bane, befoulment, besmirchment, bete noire, bigotry, blight, bogey, bugaboo, bugbear,… … Moby Thesaurus
abuse — Synonyms and related words: abuse of office, addiction, afflict, aggrieve, assail, assailing, assault, atrocity, attack, bark at, batter, befoul, befoulment, belittle, berate, berating, betongue, betray, betrayal, bewitch, billingsgate, bitter… … Moby Thesaurus
atrocity — Synonyms and related words: abomination, abuse, acuteness, affront, animality, aspersion, atrociousness, awfulness, bad, bane, banefulness, barbarity, befoulment, blight, bloodlust, breach, brickbat, brutality, contempt, contumely, corruption,… … Moby Thesaurus
bad — Synonyms and related words: OK, abhorrent, abominable, abomination, ace high, ailing, alarming, amiss, apocalyptic, arrant, atrocious, atrocity, bad for, bad smelling, badly, baleful, bane, baneful, bang up, barfy, base, befoulment, below par,… … Moby Thesaurus
