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Antonyms for defiled

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-fahyl
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfaɪl

Definition of defiled

Origin :
  • c.1400, "to desecrate, profane;" mid-15c., "to make foul or dirty," alteration of earlier defoulen, from Old French defouler "trample down, violate," also "ill-treat, dishonor," from de- "down" (see de-) + foler "to tread," from Latin fullo "person who cleans and thickens cloth by stamping on it" (see foil (v.)).
  • The alteration (or re-formation) in English is from influence of Middle English filen (v.) "to render foul; make unclean or impure," literal and figurative, from Old English fylen (trans.), related to Old English fulian (intrans.) "to become foul, rot," from the source of foul (adj.). Cf. befoul, which also had a parallel form befilen. Related: Defiled; defiling.
  • adj corrupted, violated
Example sentences :
  • Then Alexander's Feast—the little harpies have been at that too, and it is defiled.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • But if he had defiled it, might not Hermione have been the subject of a great revulsion?
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • Yes, my husband who has defiled me as no other on earth could have soiled and degraded me!
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • They have sacked it, defiled it, destroyed it; but what does that matter!
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • If we had gone in, those vessels and the water in them would have been defiled.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • After she had seen him shoot at Spurling he had avoided her, lest by contact with him she should be defiled.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • He also loathed the betting element that defiled the Soccer game.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • His delicate conception of his dignity was defiled by a degrading experience.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
  • At the Amarante gate, where the French defiled, the carnage was also great.
  • Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles Lever
  • I have been defiled, and if not defiled I may be under the spell.
  • Extract from : « Almayer's Folly » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for defiled

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