soiled

1. 1
   adjectivefiguratively

   Harmed in honor or good name, as if marked by a stain that won't wash off.

   Like a clean white shirt with a stain that will not wash out.

   Their family name was left soiled after the public betrayal.

   He carried the soiled reputation of a cheat for years.

   Similartarnished, tainted, sullied, stained

   Oppositeunblemished, untarnished, spotless, pure

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2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of soil. Use it for something that already got dirty.

   The toddler soiled his shirt while finger-painting.

   The puppy soiled the rug before anyone woke up.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Made dirty by poop, said about a patient or a young child.

   The nurse found the patient soiled and quickly changed the bedding.

   Care staff cleaned the soiled child right away.

   Similardirty

   Oppositeclean

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4. 4
   adjective

   Having a certain kind of earth or ground, such as sandy or clay.

   Our clay-soiled garden stays wet for days after it rains.

   Farmers prize these deep-soiled plains for growing grain.

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5. 5
   adjective

   Fed with fresh green plants grown as food for animals.

   Cows soiled on fresh green clover gave more milk than cows fed only hay.

   By midsummer the herd was well soiled on clover and rye.

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