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Showing words for DEFILING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Defiling

defiling, fielding

7 Letter Words for Defiling

eilding, eliding, infidel, infield

6 Letter Words for Defiling

dieing, dingle, elding, elfing, engild, filing, fleing, flidge, gilden, idling, infile

5 Letter Words for Defiling

deign, digne, dinge, eldin, elfin, feign, felid, fidel, fidge, field, fiend, filed, fined, flied, fling, gelid, genii, glide, gnide, indef, indie, ingle, legin, lifen, ligne, lined, linge, linie, nidge, nifle

4 Letter Words for Defiling

defi, deil, delf, deli, deni, diel, dine, ding, eild, engl, fedn, feil, fend, feni, fide, fied, fiel, file, fili, find, fine, fini, fled, fleg, gein, geld, genl, gied, gien, gild, gile, gled, glei, glen, glid, idle, inde, infl, lend, leng, lied, lief, lien, life, lige, liin, lind, line, ling, lndg, neif, nide, nidi, nied, nief, nife, nile

3 Letter Words for Defiling

def, deg, dei, del, den, die, dif, dig, dil, din, dle, efl, eld, elf, eli, end, eng, enl, fed, fei, fen, fgn, fid, fie, fig, fil, fin, fld, ged, gel, gen, gid, gie, gif, gin, gld, ide, ife, ign, ile, ind, inf, ing, ldg, led, leg, lei, lid, lie, lif, lig, lin, ned, nef, neg, nei, nid, nie, nig, nil

Definitions for Defiling

[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 Defiling

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

Words nearby Defiling

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

Origin of Defiling

e21675–85; < French défilé, noun use of past participle of défiler to file off; see defilade

Other words from Defiling

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 Defiling

eC17: 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 Defiling

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