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Synonyms of clat

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

Synonyms and similar words for clat

verbTo dirty.

  • beclartTo besmear; bedaub; bemire; smear all over with dirt.
  • soilTo make dirty.
  • stainTo discolor, as by spilling or other contact with a fluid or substance.
  • bedirtyTo dirty, soil; make dirty.
  • bedizen UK, dialectalTo make (someone or something) dirty; to bedaub, to besmear, to dirty.
  • befoulTo make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • soss UK, dialectalTo soil; to make dirty.
  • spotTo stain; to leave a spot (on).
  • sullowTo sully.
  • sullyTo soil or stain; to dirty.
  • tarnishTo compromise, damage, soil, or sully.
  • assoil obsoleteTo make (something) dirty or soiled; to soil; to stain; to sully.
  • bedaub obsoleteTo smear upon; to soil.
  • 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 clat

  1. noun A clod of earth.
  2. noun Irksome task.
  3. verb To dirty.

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Questions about synonyms of clat

What is another word for clat?
Clat has 49 synonyms on Word.ws, such as soil, foul, spot, stain, sully, smut, defile and smear.
What does clat mean?
Clat means a clod of earth.

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