defiled
made foul, dirty, or unclean; polluted or tainted: Morally, those with defiled consciences are flying blind.
made impure for ceremonial or ritual use; desecrated: To the left is a defiled shrine, with statues toppled and the symbol of an unrecognizable god destroyed.
sullied, as a person’s reputation: The lawyer added to his defiled reputation the other day by getting into a fistfight with a congressman.
Archaic. deprived of one’s virginity or having one’s chastity violated.
the simple past tense and past participle of defile1.
Origin of defiled
1Other words from defiled
- un·de·filed, adjective
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How to use defiled in a sentence
A cynic was Blondet, with little regard for glory undefiled.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheShe was storing learning in the undefiled reservoir of her mind, to be found like unexpected jewels by some hand in after time.
The Flockmaster of Poison Creek | George W. OgdenWe hold it morally impossible to attend a picnic and come home pure in heart and undefiled of cuticle.
The Fiend's Delight | Dod GrileThrough the grace of the Gospel they anticipate "an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away."
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II | Francis Augustus CoxThe two have come down to us very much as Chaucer has come down in English literature—as a "well undefiled."
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