souiller — meaning in English

English meaning

• blacken verb To make something black or turn black.
• defile verb To make something dirty, corrupt, or impure, often something considered sacred or pure.
• soil noun The loose top layer of earth in which plants grow, made up of minerals, organic matter, and nutrients.
• sully verb To damage or spoil someone's reputation or something's purity.

Senses

souiller is used for these senses in English:

• blacken (transitive, causative) To make dirty.
• defile To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
• sully (transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty.
• sully (transitive) To corrupt or damage.

blacken — full definition

1. verb To make something black or turn black.
2. verb To damage someone's reputation; to defame.
3. verb To cook fish or meat by coating it in spices and searing it quickly in a hot pan.

defile — full definition

1. verb To make something dirty, corrupt, or impure, often something considered sacred or pure.
2. noun A narrow gorge or pass, originally one narrow enough for soldiers to march through only in single file.

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