different between soiled vs begrimed

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s??ld/, (some speakers) /?s???ld/
• Rhymes: -??ld

Verb

soiled

1. simple past tense and past participle of soil

Adjective

soiled (comparative more soiled, superlative most soiled)

1. dirty

Derived terms

• shop-soiled

Translations

Anagrams

• Isolde, deoils, deosil, eolids, oldies, siloed, soleid

English

Verb

begrimed

1. simple past tense and past participle of begrime

Adjective

begrimed (not comparable)

1. Dirty, soiled, grimy.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter 18,^[1]

     I knew Mr. Rochester; though the begrimed face, the disordered dress […] , the desperate and scowling countenance, the rough, bristling hair might well have disguised him.

   • 1989, Hillel Halkin (translator), Five Seasons by A. B. Yehoshua, Doubleday, Part 4, Chapter 25, p. 277,^[2]

     […] he was surprised to find some half-eaten stringbeans and a crushed pack of cigarettes in the garbage pail. Though he was tempted to salvage the half-empty pack, it was already much too begrimed.

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