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Synonyms of bedizen

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Another word for bedizen is soil. Other synonyms of bedizen are foul, spot, stain, sully and smut.

Synonyms and similar words for bedizen

verbTo dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.

verbTo make (someone or something) dirty; to bedaub, to besmear, to dirty.

  • bedirtyTo dirty, soil; make dirty.
  • befoulTo make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
  • sullyTo soil or stain; to dirty.
  • beclart UK, dialectalTo besmear; bedaub; bemire; smear all over with dirt.
  • begrimeTo ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something)...
  • beshit figuratively, vulgarTo soil; to spoil; to defile; to befoul.
  • besmearTo smear over, to smear all over, to daub.
  • besmirchTo make dirty.
  • besullyTo make sullied or soiled; defile.
  • blackenTo make dirty.
  • blotTo impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
  • clatTo dirty.
  • contaminateTo soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association.
  • darkenTo make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
  • defileTo make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
  • dirtenTo make or become dirty or soiled.
  • dirty
  • elt ScotlandTo begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear.
  • foulTo make dirty.
  • gunkTo soil or make dirty.
  • gunk upTo soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.
  • inquinateTo pollute or make dirty.
  • scungeTo mark with scunge; to begrime or besmirch.
  • sling mud
  • slotterTo make filthy; to foul.
  • slurTo soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
  • smearTo make something dirty.
  • smirchTo dirty; to make dirty.
  • smudgeTo soil or smear with dirt.
  • smutTo stain (or be stained) with soot or other dirt.
  • smutchTo soil, stain or smudge.
  • soilTo make dirty.
  • soss UK, dialectalTo soil; to make dirty.
  • spotTo stain; to leave a spot (on).
  • stainTo discolor, as by spilling or other contact with a fluid or substance.
  • sullowTo sully.
  • tarnishTo compromise, damage, soil, or sully.
  • assoil obsoleteTo make (something) dirty or soiled; to soil; to stain; to sully.
  • imbrue (especially with blood) archaic, literary
  • befile obsoleteTo make filthy; befoul; soil.
  • befilth rareTo cover with filth; make filthy; begrime.
  • beray archaic, obsoleteTo make foul; befoul; soil.
  • bewray archaic, obsoleteTo soil or befoul; to beray.
  • blur obsoleteTo smear, stain or smudge.
  • file archaicTo defile.
  • foil obsoleteTo defile; to soil.
  • sowl obsoleteTo soil or stain; to dirty.
  • uggle UK, dialectalTo make dirty.

Meaning of bedizen

  1. verb To dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.
  2. verb To make (someone or something) dirty; to bedaub, to besmear, to dirty.

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Questions about synonyms of bedizen

What is another word for bedizen?
Bedizen has 52 synonyms on Word.ws, such as soil, foul, spot, stain, sully, smut, defile and smear.
What does bedizen mean?
Bedizen means to dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.

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