Synonyms of gunk up
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Another word for gunk up is befoul. Other synonyms of gunk up are gunk, foul, jam, beclart and bedirty.
Synonyms and similar words for gunk up
verbTo soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.
- befoulTo make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
- gunkTo soil or make dirty.
- foulTo make dirty.
- jam
- 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.
- 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.
- sullyTo soil or stain; to dirty.
- tarnishTo compromise, damage, soil, or sully.
- barricade
- block
- choke
- clog
- close offTo seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.
- cumberTo slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber.
- forslow
- hamper
- hinder
- impedeTo get in the way of; to hinder.
- interfere
- interrupt
- intervene
- obstruct
- obturate
- occlude
- plug
- roadblockTo prevent, to hinder.
- seal
- stonewall
- thwart
- yield
- 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.
- forwork archaicTo obstruct; barricade; block.
Meaning of gunk up
- verb To soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.
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