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单词 bemiring
释义

bemire

verb

be·​mire bi-ˈmīr How to pronounce bemire (audio)
bē-
bemired; bemiring; bemires

transitive verb

1
: to soil with mud or dirt
2
: to drag through or sink in mire

Synonyms

  • befoul
  • begrime
  • besmirch
  • blacken
  • daub
  • dirty
  • distain [archaic]
  • foul
  • gaum [dialect]
  • grime
  • mire
  • muck
  • muddy
  • smirch
  • smudge
  • soil
  • stain
  • sully
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Example Sentences

I was not thrilled to have my brand-new car bemired by the spattering mud.

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1

bemiring

verb

present participle of bemire
as in staining
to make dirty I was not thrilled to have my brand-new car bemired by the spattering mud

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • staining
  • blackening
  • griming
  • smirching
  • distaining
  • gauming
  • begriming
  • messing
  • dirtying
  • mucking
  • besmirching
  • smudging
  • miring
  • soiling
  • sullying
  • muddying
  • daubing
  • befouling
  • disheveling
  • fouling
  • polluting
  • draggling
  • dishevelling
  • disarraying
  • contaminating
  • tainting
  • defiling
  • discoloring
  • collying
  • disarranging
  • confusing
  • jumbling
  • muddling
  • disordering
  • crocking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cleaning
  • cleansing
  • purging
  • purifying
  • sweeping
  • brushing
  • decontaminating
  • washing
  • disinfecting
  • wiping
  • rinsing
  • scrubbing
  • straightening (up)
  • dusting
  • sanitizing
  • scouring
  • sprucing (up)
  • tidying (up)
  • mopping
  • laundering
  • renewing
  • brightening
  • freshening
  • deodorizing
  • dry-cleaning
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