as in soiled
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as in stained
to make dirty
she dirtied her new sneakers when she splashed in the puddle
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Recent Examples of dirtied
Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Dec. 2025
The ashes from the crematorium chimney covered the streets, sooted the rain, dirtied the snow, damaged the crops, infected every body.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
At Dilara Findikoglu, models looked like ladies in waiting that had risen from the dead; wearing antiquated corsetry that was dirtied and torn.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The dirtied shirt of the peeping tom in the video reminds him of his attacker’s dirty shirt, leading Ron to find the man’s hiding spot outside the office.
—Verb
Garments can be dirtied again by the elements if air-dried outside.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirtied
Adjective
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Bonner’s story is what is right about sports, which seem to become more soiled and corrupt by the minute.—
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Towels—including bath towels, hand towels, kitchen towels, and washcloths—are often more soiled than clothes.—
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The results will vary depending on the fiber content of the socks and how badly they are stained.—
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Chicken thighs first absorb a garlicky, peppery spice marinade stained with turmeric to accentuate the golden crust.—
Adjective
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His powerful and begrimed hands cradled each item as delicately as a bird’s egg before squaring it away.—
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In a theatre that admits no light or sound from the outside world, the audience watches as poor, begrimed laborers and criminals are pushed onstage to shoot their kids and stab their teachers.—
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Now, the Beth Israel synagogue is indefinitely closed, its historic interiors blackened with ash, after authorities say a man set a fire in the building’s library in the early hours of Saturday morning.—
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In all, more than 8,000 California wildfires blackened 525,223 acres, killed 31 people and burned 16,512 structures in the past year, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.—
Adjective
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Visual elements seem corrupted.—
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Two decades later, the past reawakens when an email from the missing girl triggers the same sinister pop-up, pulling her childhood friends into a corrupted corner of the internet—and into the heart of Japan’s most chilling digital myth.—
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The Golden Globes are a pure and true celebration of artistry that stand for unflinching moral justice and should not be sullied by avarice!—
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When stormwater dirtied by road runoff, failing septic tanks and fertilizer sullied crystal-clear rivers and lakes, and nobody cared.—
Adjective
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What to Do With Overripe Pears Not to worry if pears are soft but not spoiled.—
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The United Center cheers were nearly spoiled when Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy challenged the game-winner for an offside penalty.—
Adjective
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Only the first is still fashionable, and the last has been so debased, misused, and weaponized over the centuries as to be almost unspeakable in polite company.—
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But in recent years, acts of brazen violence have been the grim drumbeat of a debased national politics.—
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“Dirtied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirtied. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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