grime | Definition of grime

grime

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of grime

to make dirty

countless hours of work were needed to clean the floors of the old warehouse that had been grimed from a century of use

Synonyms of grime

befoul, begrime, bemire, besmirch, blacken, daub, dirty, distain [archaic], foul, gaum [dialect], mire, muck, muddy, smirch, smudge, soil, stain, sully

Words Related to grime

contaminate, defile, pollute, taint

confuse, disarrange, disarray, dishevel, disorder, draggle, jumble, mess, muddle

colly [chiefly British dialect], crock [dialect]

Near Antonyms of grime

decontaminate, purge, purify

disinfect, sanitize

brush, dry-clean, dust, launder, mop, rinse, scour, scrub, sweep, wash, wipe

brighten, deodorize, freshen, renew, spruce (up)

straighten (up), tidy (up)

Antonyms of grime