soiled
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2.5
- adjective
- /ˈsɔɪld/
:
sucio
- Unshaven, soiled, tired-looking but a marvellous spirit of defiance.
- felt soiled
Or would you rather gargle soiled chunky old milk?
- Or would you rather gargle soiled chunky old milk?
- So I pulled on my shorts, scrambled for a Bush, leaving my shit everywhere as well as my soiled pants and socks.
- So stop wasting soap on your your legs and your arms and your back and your tummy unless they're visibly soiled.
- The agate eyes in a squint, that sandy ring of beard coloring the gaunt cheeks, the soiled Gray jacket half open and hanging around the sudden reddened throat.
- It's because your insides are soiled.
Examples
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The children played in the mud and came back home with soiled clothes.
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He noticed a soiled spot on the carpet that needed cleaning.
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Everything looked wrong to her, garish and soiled.
Fiction book (1991) -
He came into the house, soiled and silent.
Fiction book (1993) -
After a day or so, the jet lag receded, but Beth still felt soiled and disoriented.
Fiction book (1998) -
The soiled and tattered gown, the untidy hair, and the cloth wrapped around the hand carrying the basket.
Fiction book (1994) -
It wasn't as if the soiled and rumpled green tunic and slippers were any better; that was Oria clothing.
Fiction book (1992) -
After the rain, the once clean sidewalk became soiled with dirt and debris.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not clean or covered with dirt
233
1.0
Not tidy or clean, with things in the wrong place
183
1.5
Very dirty and covered with mud or dirt
100
1.0
Having a layer of dust that makes it look dirty
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1.1
Covered in mud and hard to walk on
17
1.4
Dirty and needing to be cleaned
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1.3
Dirty and covered in dust, food, or grease
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3.2
Dirty and covered in mud
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7.0
Dirty and untidy, often wet after being in rain or mud
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2.6
Marked or colored by something that is hard to remove
Covered thickly with dark dirt or soot
Dirty and polluted with waste or unwanted material
Antonyms
Compounds
How Dirty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Soiled comes from the common word soil, which originally meant 'earth' or 'ground' and later came to mean 'to make dirty'. So, soiled means 'made like the ground', that is, dirty or stained.