befilth C2+ Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /bɪˈfɪlθ/ UK /bɪˈfɪlθ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to make filthy; to soil thoroughly The flood befilthed every room on the ground floor. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to make filthy; to soil... foulbefoulsoildirtybesmirchpollutedefile ↔ Opposites cleanseclean Word family Related forms filthfoulfilthy Etymology AI details From the intensive prefix be- + filth. Filth is from Old English fȳlþ ('foulness, impurity'), an abstract noun from fūl ('foul'). be- Old English fȳlþ Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # befilth **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /bɪˈfɪlθ/ **IPA (UK):** /bɪˈfɪlθ/ ## Meanings 1. to make filthy; to soil thoroughly ## Examples - The flood befilthed every room on the ground floor. ## Synonyms - foul - befoul - soil - dirty - besmirch - pollute - defile ## Antonyms - cleanse - clean ## Related Forms - filth - foul - filthy ## Roots and Affixes - Root: be- - Root: fȳlþ ## Etymology From the intensive prefix be- + filth. Filth is from Old English fȳlþ ('foulness, impurity'), an abstract noun from fūl ('foul'). ## AI Etymology Befilth is from the intensive prefix be- + filth. Filth is from Old English fȳlþ ('foulness, impurity'), an abstract noun from fūl ('foul'). Important recorded forms include be- (Old English) and fȳlþ (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to make filthy; to soil thoroughly. The wider family includes related words such as filth, foul, and filthy. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown