Defile [verb]
Definition of Defile:
corrupt, violate
Synonyms of Defile:
● Sully
● Debase
● Degrade
● Dishonor
● Discolor
● Vitiate
● Besmirch
● Disgrace
● Soil
● Shame
● Molest
● Rape
● Pollute
● Seduce
● Tarnish
● Stain
● Trash
● Deflower
● Hurt
● Abuse
● Profane
● Ravish
● Smear
● Taint
● Befoul
● Dirty
● Mess up
● Tar
● Maculate
● Muck up
● Scuzz up
Opposite/Antonyms of Defile:
● Help
● Cure
● Turn off
● Please
● Esteem
● Elevate
● Sanctify
● Hallow
● Heal
● Purify
● Cleanse
● Assist
● Protect
● Clean
● Respect
● Upgrade
● Praise
● Honor
Sentence/Example of Defile:
His family disowned him and his wife wouldn’t sleep with him because he was “defiled” by corpses.
The building is like one grand water closet — every hole and corner is defiled.
Meanwhile, windows were being broken, room trashed, historic spaces defiled.
Ripperda's equipage wound down a long and twisting defile between two precipitous rocks.
We spurred across the plain to the mouth of a deep, wooded defile, through which the Prussian grand corps d'armée were advancing.
The ridge was broken by a notch, and the road crawled through the opening and into the defile.
Firing at point-blank range, struggling bayonet against bayonet, the small French force worked its way towards the defile.
And I will give it into the hands of strangers for spoil, and to the wicked of the earth for a prey, and they shall defile it.
A stream flowed through the defile, but a stranger would not have discovered this from a casual survey of the caon's bed.
In this way a defile nearly a mile in depth has been created in a prevailingly rather flat country.