Begrime

Quick meaning: Begrime is a verb meaning (transitive) To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something) dirty; to soil.

Meaning

(transitive) To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something) dirty; to soil.

Example Sentences

collowest] i.e. begrimest, blackenest: […] Collow is smut from burnt coals.

My name that vvas as freſh / As Dians Viſage, is novv begrim'd and blacke / As mine ovvne face.

The smoke of the pine-wood fires which at night were kept continually burning around them. This had most effectually begrimed their features, and their dresses had not scrupled to partake of the same colouring.

[H]e should forthwith reform his manners, purify himself, and discontinue the vile, filthy habit of snuff-taking—a habit which, to use her own words, begrimeth the face, spoileth the form of the nose—Heaven bless the mark!—destroyeth the voice, and eventually undermineth the constitution.

Word Forms

• begrimes
• begriming
• begrimed

Synonyms for begrime

Depending on context, synonyms include assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, bedizen, befile.

Antonyms for begrime

Common opposites include clean, cleanse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grime, bemire, dirty, colly, soil, begrease.

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