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Definitions for Defile

[1] to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase.
[2] to violate the chastity of.
[3] to make impure for ceremonial use; desecrate.
[4] to sully, as a person's reputation.
[5] any narrow passage, especially between mountains.
[6] to march in a line or by files.
[7] to make foul or dirty; pollute
[8] to tarnish or sully the brightness of; taint; corrupt
[9] to damage or sully (someone's good name, reputation, etc)
[10] to make unfit for ceremonial use; desecrate
[11] to violate the chastity of
[12] a narrow pass or gorge, esp one between two mountains
[13] a single file of soldiers, etc
[14] mainly military to march or cause to march in single file

Words related to Defile

sully, debase, degrade, dishonor, discolor, desecrate, vitiate, besmirch, disgrace, soil, shame, molest, rape, pollute, seduce, tarnish, contaminate, stain, trash, deflower

Words nearby Defile

deficit, deficit financing, deficit spending, defier, defilade, defile, define, defined, defined-benefit, definiendum, definiens

Origin of Defile

21675–85; < French défilé, noun use of past participle of défiler to file off; see defilade

Other words from Defile

de·fil·a·ble , adjective
de·file·ment , noun
de·fil·er , noun
de·fil·ing·ly , adverb
non·de·file·ment , noun

Word origin for Defile

C17: from French défilé, from défiler to file off, from filer to march in a column, from Old French: to spin, from fil thread, from Latin fīlum

Synonyms for Defile

besmirch, debase, degrade, desecrate, discolor, dishonor, sully, vitiate, abuse, adulterate, befoul, contaminate, deflower, dirty, disgrace, hurt, maculate, molest, pollute, profane, rape, ravish, seduce, shame, smear, soil, stain, taint, tar, tarnish, trash, make foul, mess up, muck up, scuzz up