begrimed

Thân thiện

The miner's begrimed face showed the day's hard work.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot: The primary meaning describes something that is heavily soiled, often with dirt that is deeply embedded or with soot, giving a very dirty appearance.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The mechanic's hands were begrimed with engine oil and grease.
  • After the fire, the walls of the old building were begrimed with smoke.
  • The once-white curtains were now begrimed from years of city pollution.

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Use: Often used in descriptive or literary contexts to emphasize a state of deep, ingrained filth, rather than just surface dirt.
  • The beggar's clothes were not just dirty; they were utterly begrimed, telling a story of hardship.

Variants and Related Words

• Begrime (verb): To make dirty; to soil with grime.
  • The industrial smoke began to begrime the city's historic statues.
• Grime (noun): Dirt ingrained on a surface.
• Grimy (adjective): Covered with or characterized by grime; dirty. (A more common synonym).

Synonyms

• Dirty: The general term for something not clean.
• Sooty: Covered with soot (black powder from smoke).
• Grubby: Dirty, especially in a messy, unkempt way.
• Dingy: Gloomy and dirty in appearance.
• Filthy: Very dirty.

Antonyms

• Clean: Free from dirt or impurities.
• Spotless: Completely clean.
• Pristine: In its original condition; clean and fresh as if new.

Related Phrases

• Begrimed with: The typical preposition used to indicate the substance causing the dirtiness.
  • His face was begrimed with coal dust.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
   • a miner's begrimed face
   • dingy linen
   • grimy hands
   • grubby little fingers
   • a grungy kitchen

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dingy
• grimy
• grubby
• grungy
• raunchy