Befoul
Befoul verb - To make dirty.
Usage example: unsightly mud and slush befouls the family car every winter
Nearby Word: befouling
Muck
Muck verb - To make dirty.
Usage example: you can't work in the garden and not expect to muck your clothes
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The Spanish-speaking characters have their dialogue written in awkwardly literal English, but expletives appear as "muck" and "befoul" and even "obscenity" ("Go and obscenity thyself").
Source: Foreign Cuss Word
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Muck and Befoul. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/befoul/muck
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