grime :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (5)

stain, dirt, soil, filth, grease

n. the state of being covered with unclean things

Verbs (8)

soil, dirty, begrime, colly, bemire, make filthy, make dirty, make soiled

v. make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (33)

garbage, refuse, scraps, food waste

n. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

smear, smirch, slander, defame, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, sully, besmirch, charge falsely

v. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

smear, smudge, blur, smutch

v. make a smudge on; soil by smudging

fade, fade out

v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

black, blacken, melanize, nigrify, become black, make black

v. make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

bedraggle

v. make wet and dirty, as from rain

Synonyms (0)

Antonyms (6)

clean, make clean

v. make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"

wash, launder

v. cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!"

purge, rid of impurities

v. rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"

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