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Synonyms of gunk

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Another word for gunk is goo. Other synonyms of gunk are goop, grime, gunge, muck and befoul.

Synonyms and similar words for gunk

nounGrime, dirt, slime; any vague, messy, or unknown substance.

  • gooAny semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or...
  • goop
  • grime
  • gungeA viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown composition; goo; gunk.
  • muck

verbTo soil or make dirty.

  • befoulTo make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
  • slurTo soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
  • beclart UK, dialectalTo besmear; bedaub; bemire; smear all over with dirt.
  • bedirtyTo dirty, soil; make dirty.
  • bedizen UK, dialectalTo make (someone or something) dirty; to bedaub, to besmear, to dirty.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 gunk

  1. noun Grime, dirt, slime; any vague, messy, or unknown substance.
  2. noun A subculture of 21st century American males, combining elements of modern gothic culture with punk rock.
  3. noun An entity with no atomic parts; infinitely divisible.

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Questions about synonyms of gunk

What is another word for gunk?
Gunk has 54 synonyms on Word.ws, such as goo, goop, grime, gunge, muck, befoul, slur and beclart.
What does gunk mean?
Gunk means grime, dirt, slime; any vague, messy, or unknown substance.

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