begrime
Verb
Verb Forms: begrimed, begriming, begrimes
- To cover or coat with dirt or soot.
- make soiled, filthy, or dirty
- To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something) dirty; to soil.
Examples
- Years of use can begrime the letters on well-loved Scrabble tiles.
Origin / Etymology
From be- (prefix meaning ‘about; abundantly; all around; all over’) + grime (“to cake with dirt”).
Synonyms
bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil, assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, bedizen, befile, befilth, befoul, begrime, beray, besmear, besmirch, besully, bewray, blacken, blot, blur, clat, contaminate, darken, defile, denigrate, drag through the mud, dull, elt, foil, foul, gunk, gunk up, inquinate, pollute, scunge, sling mud, slotter, slur, smirch, smudge, smutch, soss, sowl, spoil, spot, stain, sullow, sully, taint, tarnish, uggle
Scrabble Score: 12
begrime: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbegrime: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
begrime: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary