Befouling

Synonyms for "befouling" (29 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Noun(5 words)

besmirch contaminant contaminate contaminating contamination

blasphemy

Strong matches (9)

Noun(5 words)

corrupting defiling dirty dirtyingfouling agent

corruption festering infection misuse

Related words (14)

perversion poisoning prostitution sacrilege

Noun(10 words)

pollutant pollute polluting pollution soil soiling staining sully tainting tarnish

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More general

12 entries

action verbcontaminant contaminationdefame verbdescriptive adjectivedescriptive termdisparagementmoral descriptorpollution process substancetransitive verb

More specific

18 entries

befouling databefouling policybefouling rhetoricbiofilm biofouling calumniatechemical contaminationcontaminating corrupting defiling pollutingscale depositsediment smearsoil depositionstain

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Collocations

13 entries

befouling agentbefouling contaminationbefouling mechanismbefouling odorbefouling pollutantbefouling processbefouling ratebefouling residuebefouling stainchemical befoulingenvironmental befoulingindustrial befoulingsurface befouling

Inflections

5 entries

befouled befoulings befoulsmore befoulingmost befouling

Derivations

5 entries

befoul befouled befouler befoulingly befoulment

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