Word Meanings - BEFOUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Etym: 1. To make foul; to soil. 2. To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BEFOUL)
- Asperse
- Slander
- calumniate
- bespatter
- befoul
- defy
- attack
- defame
- vilify
- traduce
- scandalize
- malign
- detract from
- blacken
- tarnish
- backbite
- Bedaub
- Bespatter
- discolor
- mar
- disfigure
- deface
- besmear
- spoil
- soil
- stain
- Besprinkle
- bedaub
- revile
- asperse
- Blacken
- decry
- dishonor
- slander
- Contaminate
- Defile
- taint
- corrupt
- sully
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of BEFOUL)
- Mend
- repair
- purify
- cleanse
- correct
- ameliorate
- better
- Purify
- wash
- absolve
- ornament
- decorate
- emblazon
- signalize
- honor
Related words: (words related to BEFOUL)
- MALIGNANT
Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria. Malignant pustule , a very contagious disease, transmitted to man from animals, characterized by the formation, at the point of reception of the virus, of - MALIGNITY
1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite. 2. Virulence; deadly quality. His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease. Hayward. 3. Extreme evilness of nature - TRADUCENT
Slanderous. Entick. - DEFAMER
One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator. - BESMEAR
To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil. Besmeared with precious balm. Spenser. - DECORATE
To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero - HONORABLE
1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an - PURIFY
1. To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air. 2. Hence, in figurative uses: To free from guilt - SIGNALIZE
1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship - CORRECTLY
In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error. - BLACKEN
Etym: 1. To make or render black. While the long funerals blacken all the way. Pope 2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole heavens." South. 3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens - SLANDEROUS
1. Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander. "Slanderous tongue." Shak. 2. Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports. -- Slan"der*ous*ly, adv. -- Slan"der*ous*ness, n. - CORRUPTIONIST
One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. Sydney Smith. - CORRUPTIBLE
1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. "Our corruptible bodies." Hooker. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. 1 Pet. i. 18. 2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation. - TRADUCEMENT
The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny. Shak. - DETRACTIVE
1. Tending to detractor draw. 2. Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative. - REVILEMENT
The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse. Spenser. - HONORABLENESS
1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness. - ORNAMENTAL
Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne. - CORRECTORY
Containing or making correction; corrective. - SUSTAIN
F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains - SUSTAINABLE
Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable. - INCORRECT
1. Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty. The piece, you think, is incorrect. Pope. 2. Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation. 3. Not