Begrimed

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of begrime form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Dirty, soiled, grimy. not-comparable

    "I knew Mr. Rochester; though the begrimed face, the disordered dress […], the desperate and scowling countenance, the rough, bristling hair might well have disguised him."

Adjective
  1. 1
    thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot wordnet

Synonyms

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dingydirtygrimygrubbygrungyraunchy

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"I knew Mr. Rochester; though the begrimed face, the disordered dress […], the desperate and scowling countenance, the rough, bristling hair might well have disguised him."

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