soiled

/ˈsɔɪld/

soiled is the simple past and past participle of soil.

Adjective

soiled (comparative more soiled, superlative most soiled)

(also, figuratively) Dirty, defiled, stained.
Of a patient or child, stained or dirtied by defecation.
(soil science) Having a specific or particular type of soil.
That has been fed or nourished with green fodder.

Meaning of soil

Verb

soil (third-person singular simple present soils, present participle soiling, simple past and past participle soiled)

(transitive) To make dirty.
- […]Bad Fruit of Knowledge, if this be to know, / Which leaves us naked thus, of Honour void, / Of innocence, of Faith, of Puritie, / Our wonted Ornaments now ſoild and ſtaind, / And in our Faces evident the ſignes / Of foul concupiſcence ; whence eveil ſtore ; / Even ſhame, the laſt of evils ; of...1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC...
Synonyms:

besmirch, dirty, smirch, assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile
(intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
- Light colours soil sooner than dark ones.
Synonyms:

dirten, dirty, muddy, sully
(figuratively, transitive) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
- […]They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition, and indeede it takes / From our atchieuements, though perform’d at height / The pith and marrow of our attribute[…]c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604...
(reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
- The child was so scared she soiled herself.
To make invalid, to ruin.

Synonyms:

invalidate, ball up, blight, bumble, botch, bugger up, bungle, contaminate, corrupt, crab
To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
- For to be kind to the former is traffic ; and in these times men present, just as they soil their ground, not that they love the dirt, but that they expect a crop : and for the latter, the politician well approves of the Indian’s religion, in worshiping the devil, that he may do him no hurt ; how...1676 April 30, Robert South, “A Sermon Preached at Westminster Abbey”, in Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume I, New York: Hurd and Houghton, published 1866, page 176

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Forms of soiled

comparative	more soiled
superlative	most soiled

Words formed from soiled

Phrases with soiled

soiled doves

Words that rhyme with soiled

Questions about soiled

What does soiled mean?: Soiled means dirty, defiled, stained.
What is soiled the simple past and past participle of?: Soiled is the simple past and past participle of soil.
What part of speech is soiled?: Soiled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce soiled?: Soiled is pronounced /ˈsɔɪld/.

Words near soiled in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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