different between filthy vs befile

English

Etymology

From Middle English filthy, filthi, equivalent to filth +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?l?i/

Adjective

filthy (comparative filthier, superlative filthiest)

1. Covered with filth; very dirty.
2. Obscene or offensive.
3. Very unpleasant or disagreeable.

Synonyms

• (covered with filth): sleazy, slimy, grimy, horry
• (obscene): gruesome, smutty

Antonyms

• (covered with filth): pristine
• (obscene): holy, venerable

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

filthy (third-person singular simple present filthies, present participle filthying, simple past and past participle filthied)

1. (transitive) To make very dirty; to cover in filth.
   • 2009, Jeffery Deaver, Hell's Kitchen

     He shouldered his way inside, filthying his T-shirt on the charred wood.

English

Etymology

From Middle English befilen, from Old English bef?lan (“to befoul, defile, make dirty”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”) + *f?lijan? (“to make foul”), equivalent to be- +? file. Cognate with Scots befile (“to befile”), Dutch bevuilen (“to soil, dirty”). See also defile.

Verb

befile (third-person singular simple present befiles, present participle befiling, simple past and past participle befiled)

1. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To make filthy; befoul; soil.

Related terms

Anagrams

• belfie, belief