dirtying

Speech parts

1. dirtying - Noun

2. dirtying - Verb

Meaning

of Dirty

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

soiling staining soilure polluting contaminating tarnishing marring infecting defiling tainting besmirching smirching sully spatter colly
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Antonyms

flaming blazing burning dying filling cleaning
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Hypernyms

change of state

Hyponyms

pollution contamination spotting staining maculation

Examples

All art is but dirtying the paper delicately. John Ruskin

Now, she is dirtying her hands in the electoral process, having to explain her political evolution in a serious way and being forced to answer questions from the great unwashed. Source: Internet

The study concluded that this phenomenon has hurt ALEC because, "Dirtying its hands with social issues undermines ALEC's ability to exercise influence over fiscal ones." Source: Internet

It's always a good idea to consider how often you will actually be using (and simultaneously dirtying) your kitchen. Source: Internet

The next few years will be rocky but I firmly believe—and the news of bookstores thriving in the face of Borders decline and Amazon’s giant paws dirtying everything should be proof—that bookselling and books are going to survive. Source: Internet

MCC should take Action & Fine MESCOM for Dirtying the City with Trimmed Tree Branches, which are getting ROTTEN due to rain, and giving scope for mosquitoes to breed, and spread Malaria and Dengue, and that too during the time of Pandemic. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dirty-mindedness dirtyard dirtybadwrong dirtyish dirubidium dirucotide