defiled

American  

[dih-fahyld] / dɪˈfaɪld /

adjective

1. made foul, dirty, or unclean; polluted or tainted.

   Morally, those with defiled consciences are flying blind.

2. 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.

3. sullied, as a person’s reputation.

   The lawyer added to his defiled reputation the other day by getting into a fistfight with a congressman.

4. Archaic. deprived of one’s virginity or having one’s chastity violated.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of defile.

Other Word Forms

• undefiled adjective

Etymology

Origin of defiled

defile ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

"I felt defiled. On reaching home, I showered for a really long time. I didn't even tell my mother what had happened with me," she said.

From BBC

“While they smiled and looked at the Capitol Building, as captured by the video stills, rioters defiled the seat of American democracy and assaulted numerous fellow officers,” the OPA said.

From Washington Times

Capitol in January, when they overran and defiled the literal heart of democracy.

From Salon

Anyone who during an unlawful assembly mutilated, defaced, defiled any publicly owned structure, including monuments and cemeteries, would be guilty of a felony punishable by one to 15 years in prison.

From Washington Times

Would you leave your human children with a woman who defiled pictures of them?

From Washington Post