dirtying

Verb

dirty (third-person singular simple present dirties, present participle dirtying, simple past and past participle dirtied)

1. (transitive) To make (something) dirty.

   Synonyms:

   soil, taint, sully

2. (transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.

   Synonyms:

   dishonour, slander, sully, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel, besmirch

3. (transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).

   Synonyms:

   avile, degrade, devalue, abase, debase, debauch, depreciate, devaluate, elevate, vitiate

4. (intransitive) To become soiled; to soil or defecate on.
   • When the blackberries begin to decay, and the seeds to appear, the children are told not to eat them any longer, as the Pooka has dirtied on them.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 371

   Synonyms:

   defile, dirten, muddy, sully

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