What is another word for befouled?

Pronunciation: [bɪfˈa͡ʊld] (IPA)

Befouled is a word that typically describes something that has been made dirty or polluted. Synonyms for this word could include contaminated, stained, soiled, tainted, besmirched, smudged, or sullied. Each of these words is slightly different in their connotation and can be used to describe various situations. For instance, contaminated might be used to describe food or water that has been tainted with bacteria or chemicals. Meanwhile, smudged might be used to describe something that has been marred with dirt or fingerprints. Regardless of the context, these synonyms for befouled can help to paint a more vivid picture or texture to your writing.

Synonyms for Befouled:

What are the hypernyms for Befouled?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for befouled?

"Befouled" has its roots in the Old English word "befulan," which means "to make foul or dirty." Antonyms for the word "befouled" would, therefore, refer to something clean, pure, or pristine. Antonyms that come to mind include "clean," "pure," "fresh," "sterile," "unblemished," "spotless," and "untarnished." Other words that can be used as antonyms for "befouled" include "sanitary," "immaculate," "chaste," "hygienic," and "virgin." Each of these antonyms describes a state or condition that is the opposite of something that has been fouled or dirtied.

Usage examples for Befouled

The fire of it, the beauty of it, the simplicity of it shone in the eyes of these men, who were racked by aches and shot through with pain, all befouled by the mud, which was in the very pores of their skin, and seared by remembrances of tragic things.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
Cromwell's men dashed upon the scene; they drained the lakes; they befouled the banquet hall; they dismantled the towers; they turned the castle into a tomb, on whose scarred and riven sides ambition and cruelty and lust may well read their doom.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage
So low were the latter set, and so small were they, that a well-grown man must have stooped low to peer through the befouled glass panes.
"The Law-Breakers"
Ridgwell Cullum

Famous quotes with Befouled

  • Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.
    Tom Stoppard
  • Since September 11, 2001, I have often thought that perhaps it was fortunate for the world that the attackers targeted the World Trade Center instead of the Statue of Liberty, for if they had destroyed our sacred symbol of democracy I fear we as Americans would have been unable to keep ourselves from indulging in paroxysms of revenge of a sort the world has never seen before. If that had happened, it would have befouled the meaning of the Statue of Liberty beyond any hope of subsequent redemption — if there were any people left to care. I have learned from my students that this upsetting thought of mine is subject to several unfortunate misconstruals, so let me expand on it to ward them off. The killing of thousands of innocents in the World Trade Center was a heinous crime, much more evil than the destruction of the Statue of Liberty would have been. And, yes, the World Trade Center was a much more appropriate symbol of al Qaeda's wrath than the Statue of Liberty would have been, but for that very reason it didn't mean as much, as a symbol, . It was Mammon and Plutocrats and Globalization, not Lady Liberty. I do suspect that the fury with which Americans would have responded to the unspeakable defilement of our cherished national symbol, the purest image of our aspirations as a democracy, would have made a sane and measured response extraordinarily difficult. This is the great danger of symbols — they can become too "sacred". An important task for religious people of all faiths in the twenty-first century will be spreading the conviction that there are no acts more dishonorable than harming "infidels" of one stripe or another for "disrespecting" a flag, a cross, a holy text.
    Daniel Dennett
  • It was a bright September afternoon, and the streets of New York were brilliant with moving men.... He was pushed toward the ticket-office with the others, and felt in his pocket for the new five-dollar bill he had hoarded.... When at last he realized that he had paid five dollars to enter he knew not what, he stood stock-still amazed.... John... sat in a half-maze minding the scene about him; the delicate beauty of the hall, the faint perfume, the moving myriad of men, the rich clothing and low hum of talking seemed all a part of a world so different from his, so strangely more beautiful than anything he had known, that he sat in dreamland, and started when, after a hush, rose high and clear the music of Lohengrin's swan. The infinite beauty of the wail lingered and swept through every muscle of his frame, and put it all a-tune. He closed his eyes and grasped the elbows of the chair, touching unwittingly the lady's arm. And the lady drew away. A deep longing swelled in all his heart to rise with that clear music out of the dirt and dust of that low life that held him prisoned and befouled. If he could only live up in the free air where birds sang and setting suns had no touch of blood! Who had called him to be the slave and butt of all?... If he but had some master-work, some life-service, hard, aye, bitter hard, but without the cringing and sickening servility.... When at last a soft sorrow crept across the violins, there came to him the vision of a far-off home — the great eyes of his sister, and the dark drawn face of his mother.... It left John sitting so silent and rapt that he did not for some time notice the usher tapping him lightly on the shoulder and saying politely, 'will you step this way please sir?'... The manager was sorry, very very sorry — but he explained that some mistake had been made in selling the gentleman a seat already disposed of; he would refund the money, of course... before he had finished John was gone, walking hurriedly across the square... and as he passed the park he buttoned his coat and said, 'John Jones you're a natural-born fool.' Then he went to his lodgings and wrote a letter, and tore it up; he wrote another, and threw it in the fire....
    W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it. [.]
    Tom Stoppard
  • The brave Norwegian drove his vessel head on against the pursuing jelly which rose above the unclean froth like the stern of a daemon galleon. The awful squid-head with writhing feelers came nearly up to the bowsprit of the sturdy yacht, but Johansen drove on relentlessly. There was a bursting as of an exploding bladder, a slushy nastiness as of a cloven sunfish, a stench as of a thousand opened graves, and a sound that the chronicler could not put on paper. For an instant the ship was befouled by an acrid and blinding green cloud, and then there was only a venomous seething astern; where — God in heaven! — the scattered plasticity of that nameless sky-spawn was nebulously in its hateful original form...
    H. P. Lovecraft

Related words: befouled water, befouled oceans, befouled air, befouled animals, befouled children, befouled planet

Related questions:

  • What are the causes of global befouling?
  • What are the effects of global befouling?
  • What is a befouled place?
  • Word of the Day

    multitasker
    The word "multitasker" usually refers to someone who can perform different tasks simultaneously. However, there are several antonyms for this word, which describe the opposite type...