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defiling

The word “defiling” has 3 syllables: de-fil-ing

It's pronounced as /dɪˈfaɪlɪŋ/

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In the thesaurus, “defiling” has 148 synonyms and 87 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for defiling along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for defiling

Antonyms for defiling

Meanings of defiling

  • verb
    1. To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul.
    2. To vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate.
    3. To deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape.
    4. To march in a single file; to file.

Example Sentences

  • The vandals were caught defiling the historic monument.
  • He was accused of defiling the sacred grounds with his actions.
  • Defiling the river with chemicals caused public outrage.
  • The artist was criticized for defiling cultural symbols in his work.
  • They were punished for defiling the memory of fallen heroes.

On this page you'll find 235 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to defiling, such as: abetted, adulterating, affronting, allowed, annihilating, approved, atrocious.

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Related Words

abasing

lacing

bad

dark

daubing

  • anointing
  • bedaubing
  • befouling
  • begriming
  • bemiring
  • besmearing
  • besmirching
  • blackening
  • coating
  • collying
  • confusing
  • contaminating
  • crocking
  • defiling
  • dirtying
  • disarranging
  • disarraying
  • discoloring
  • disheveling
  • dishevelling
  • disordering
  • distaining
  • draggling
  • fouling
  • gauming
  • greasing
  • griming
  • gumming
  • jumbling
  • larding
  • messing
  • miring
  • mucking
  • muddling
  • muddying
  • oiling
  • painting
  • pitching
  • plastering
  • polluting
  • smearing
  • smirching
  • smudging
  • soiling
  • staining
  • sullying
  • tainting
  • tarring

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