defiled
- adjective
- /dɪˈfaɪld/
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profano
- The ancient temple was defiled by intruders who left behind their trash and disrespect.
When we move through the world, you are confronting defiled and degraded minds and it's never going to be any different than that.
- When we move through the world, you are confronting defiled and degraded minds and it's never going to be any different than that.
Examples
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Her reputation was defiled after the scandal, and trust was hard to regain.
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When we move through the world, you are confronting defiled and degraded minds and it's never going to be any different than that.
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And the wastelands were the destroyed lands, the defiled lands, the things that we hated most.
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All the pleasures of the past are now defiled, all your hopes, all your hopes violated beyond hope.
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The once beautiful park is now defiled, littered with trash and graffiti.
Synonyms
48
7.8
Very bad and cruel in the way someone behaves
20
6.0
Not morally clean because it is corrupt or obscene
1
4.9
A person who has lost respect because of shameful behavior
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2.5
Not clean because it has mud or grease on it
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8.8
Made dirty by waste, chemicals, or lies
Having a damaged reputation because of bad actions
Dishonest and morally ruined because of wrong actions
Made worse in quality, value, or moral standards
Spoiled and unsafe because it has rot or something harmful
Made weaker or less effective because something is wrong
Behaving in a way that ignores moral rules
Having a mark or fault that makes it look worse
Antonyms
How Pure
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Defiled is easy to remember if you break it into parts: de- (a common prefix meaning 'down' or 'away') and the idea of filth ('dirt'). A helpful image is a sacred place being 'put into dirt', which is why to be defiled is to be morally or physically made impure.