defiling
present participle ofdefile
defile
verb[T]
formaluk/dɪˈfaɪl/us/dɪˈfaɪl/tospoilsomething or someone so that that thing orpersonis lessbeautifulorpure:
It's ashamethat such abeautifulareahas been defiled by arubbishdump.
Thesoldiersdeliberatelydefiled all theholyplaces.
Making things dirty & untidy
- blacken
- blot
- clutter
- contaminate
- defile
- dirty
- disarrange
- mark
- mess
- mix
- mixsomeone/somethingup
- muddle
- muddlesomethingup
- muss
- pollute
- polluter
- recontaminate
- soil
- stain
- tarnish
Examplesofdefiling
defiling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Contact with suchdefilingfood will have an adverse effect upon the individual's yam magic and yam growing effectiveness.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I am very happy to accept the suggestion to change the word ‘defiling’ to ‘defamation’.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Some people are anti-social and take pleasure indefilingother people's environment.
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It is living in the past, bearing old grudges, reflecting an outmoded class system anddefilingthe fine reputation of sport.
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Though it is small, it has a considerable length of boundary adjoining one of these arterial monstrosities which aredefilingthe amenities of the countryside.
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Paragraph 15 ruins the whole text bydefilinga very serious issue.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I hope that he will bear in mind the importance of notdefilingby the inappropriate use of posters the countryside which he wishes to clear of litter.
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So, however hard he labors to save the world, he is just going to go ondefilingand spoiling it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In 2007 a man of 30 was found guilty ofdefilinga boy, then aged 14.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The governor made several more attempts atdefilingher, but once again was restrained as if by an invisible wall.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Most of these cases are still under investigation and relate to subversive activities,defilingreligious books, unlawful assembly, violating prohibitory orders, and evading judicial warrants.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Envy (evil eye) is among the things that come from the heart,defilinga person.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.No man should sleep with his wife in the city of the temple,defilingthe city of the temple with their impurity.
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- fornicator
- fornices
- fornix
- for old times' sake
- for-old-times-sake
- for one
- for-one
- for one thing
- for-one-thing
- for-profit
- for-profit
- for-profit business
- for-profit college
- for-profit hospitals
- for real
- for-real
- for reasons of expediency
- forsake
- forsaken
- forsaking
- for short
- for-short
- for some inexplicable reason
- for some unexplained reason
- forsook