English words for 'The quality of being defiled.'
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noun
- An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.
- An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.
- (heraldry, vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.
- the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
adj
- (also figuratively) Dirty, defiled, stained.
- (healthcare, medicine) Of a patient or child, stained or dirtied by defecation.
- (soil science, horticulture) Having a specific or particular type of soil.
- (horticulture) That has been fed or nourished with green fodder.
- soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
verb
noun
verb
verb
noun
- Any of various similarly granular materials prepared from other sources, such as bones or wood.
- (countable) Food served or eaten as a repast.
- The ground-up edible part of various grains, used as a basis of food or feed; either flour or a coarser blend than flour (usage varies).
- (UK dialectal) A speck or spot.
- A part; a fragment; a portion.
- Any of various other granular or powdery materials, either ground by humans or occurring in nature, named figuratively after a resemblance to grain meal.
- (uncountable, informal) A break taken by a police officer in order to eat.
- (countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
- any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
- the food served and eaten at one time
- coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
adj
- In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
- Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
- Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
- In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
- containing errors or alterations
- lacking in integrity
- touched by rot or decay
- not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
verb
- (transitive) To introduce errors; to place into an invalid state.
- (transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
- To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
- To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- alter from the original
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
noun
- Moral or spiritual corruption; impurity, degradation, defilement.
- Something that pollutes; a pollutant.
- Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.
- undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities
- the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors
- the state of being polluted
noun
- The act of mortifying.
- A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
- A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
- (medicine) The death of part of the body.
- (chiefly Scots law, now historical) A bequest to a charitable institution.
- an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
- strong feelings of embarrassment
- (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
- the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
noun
- The act of ruining something.
- (uncountable) Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
- (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- (BDSM) Clipping of ruined orgasm
- (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
- A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
- failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
- an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
- an event that results in destruction
- destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
- the process of becoming dilapidated
- a ruined building
verb
- To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
- To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
- (BDSM) To make (someone) have a ruined orgasm.
- To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
- (transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- (transitive, historical) To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
- To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
- To destroy (e.g. a city) so as to leave ruins.
- fall into ruin
- deprive of virginity
- reduce to ruins
- destroy or cause to fail
- destroy completely; damage irreparably
- reduce to bankruptcy
noun
- (figurative) Damage to a reputation.
- (figurative) A defeat.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, eye.
- A periorbital hematoma; a visible bruise surrounding a person's eye; an assault causing such a bruise; the eye involved.
- a bad reputation
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
verb
noun
noun
- The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
- The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
- Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
- (geometry) Tendril perversion.
- A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
- a curve that reverses the direction of something
- the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
- an aberrant sexual practice
noun
- The state of being rotten.
- The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
- Rotten material.
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
- (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
noun
- The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality.
- The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
- changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
- being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating
verb
noun
- the amount of money needed to purchase something
- the act of damaging something or someone
- any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
- loss of military equipment
- the occurrence of a change for the worse
- Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
- (slang) Cost or expense.
adj
verb
- (transitive) To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate.
- (transitive) To change in an inappropriate and destructive manner.
- (transitive) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.
- violate the sacred character of a place or language
- remove the consecration from a person or an object
noun
- An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.
- An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.
- (heraldry, vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.
- the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
noun
verb
noun
- Moral or spiritual corruption; impurity, degradation, defilement.
- Something that pollutes; a pollutant.
- Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.
- undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities
- the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors
- the state of being polluted
noun
- The act of mortifying.
- A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
- A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
- (medicine) The death of part of the body.
- (chiefly Scots law, now historical) A bequest to a charitable institution.
- an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
- strong feelings of embarrassment
- (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
- the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
noun
- The act of ruining something.
- (uncountable) Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
- (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- (BDSM) Clipping of ruined orgasm
- (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
- A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
- failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
- an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
- an event that results in destruction
- destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
- the process of becoming dilapidated
- a ruined building
verb
- To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
- To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
- (BDSM) To make (someone) have a ruined orgasm.
- To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
- (transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- (transitive, historical) To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
- To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
- To destroy (e.g. a city) so as to leave ruins.
- fall into ruin
- deprive of virginity
- reduce to ruins
- destroy or cause to fail
- destroy completely; damage irreparably
- reduce to bankruptcy
noun
- (figurative) Damage to a reputation.
- (figurative) A defeat.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, eye.
- A periorbital hematoma; a visible bruise surrounding a person's eye; an assault causing such a bruise; the eye involved.
- a bad reputation
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
noun
- The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
- The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
- Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
- (geometry) Tendril perversion.
- A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
- a curve that reverses the direction of something
- the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
- an aberrant sexual practice
noun
- The state of being rotten.
- The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
- Rotten material.
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
- (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
noun
- The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality.
- The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
- changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
- being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating
verb
noun
- Any of various similarly granular materials prepared from other sources, such as bones or wood.
- (countable) Food served or eaten as a repast.
- The ground-up edible part of various grains, used as a basis of food or feed; either flour or a coarser blend than flour (usage varies).
- (UK dialectal) A speck or spot.
- A part; a fragment; a portion.
- Any of various other granular or powdery materials, either ground by humans or occurring in nature, named figuratively after a resemblance to grain meal.
- (uncountable, informal) A break taken by a police officer in order to eat.
- (countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
- any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
- the food served and eaten at one time
- coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
verb
noun
verb
noun
- the amount of money needed to purchase something
- the act of damaging something or someone
- any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
- loss of military equipment
- the occurrence of a change for the worse
- Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
- (slang) Cost or expense.
adj
- (also figuratively) Dirty, defiled, stained.
- (healthcare, medicine) Of a patient or child, stained or dirtied by defecation.
- (soil science, horticulture) Having a specific or particular type of soil.
- (horticulture) That has been fed or nourished with green fodder.
- soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
verb
adj
- In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
- Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
- Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
- In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
- containing errors or alterations
- lacking in integrity
- touched by rot or decay
- not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
verb
- (transitive) To introduce errors; to place into an invalid state.
- (transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
- To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
- To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- alter from the original
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
adj
verb
- (transitive) To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate.
- (transitive) To change in an inappropriate and destructive manner.
- (transitive) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.
- violate the sacred character of a place or language
- remove the consecration from a person or an object