- Types Of Speech
- You can use defile as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Defile
- A 2 syllables noun and 6 letters with the letters d, e, f, i, and l, 3 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters fi. Defile starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters d, de, def, defi, defil, and the ending characters are e, le, ile, file, efile, ..
- Definition
- A narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Defile is set as a sat word that starts with d, ends with e, 2 syllables, 3 vowels and 6 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is defile a scrabble word? A 10 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Defile in Pig Latin is said as "efileday or efiledway".
- Unigram
- d | e | f | i | l | e
- Bigram
- de | ef | fi | il | le
- Trigram
- def | efi | fil | ile
- Quadrigram
- defi | efil | file
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
- Verb Examples
- spot, stain, or pollute;
"The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" - make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air;
also used metaphorically;
"The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air";
"Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;
"sully someone's reputation"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abstract | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" |
| Abuse | cruel or inhumane treatment |
| Abysm | a bottomless gulf or pit any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) |
| Abyss | a bottomless gulf or pit any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) |
| Access | the act of approaching or entering "he gained access to the building" |
| Adjunction | an act of joining or adjoining things |
| Admixture | the act of mixing together "paste made by a mix of flour and water" "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio" |
| Adulterate | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones "adulterate liquor" |
| Afflict | cause bodily suffering to |
| Aggrieve | break the heart of cause to feel sorrow |
View all cognitive synonyms for Defile
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Defile | a narrow pass (especially one between mountains) |
View English words with the unique letters used in defile. Words With The Letters Defil
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Notch | a small cut |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enfilade (8 letters) | 12 +2 | 14 +3 | adeefiln | ||
| Canfield (8 letters) | 14 +4 | 17 +6 | canfield | ||
| Field (5 letters) | 9 | 10 | field | ||
| Oldwife (7 letters) | 14 +4 | 15 +4 | oldwife | ||
| Felidae (7 letters) | 11 +1 | 12 +1 | felidae | ||
| Felid (5 letters) | 9 | 10 | field | ||
| Airfield (8 letters) | 12 +2 | 13 +2 | adefiilr | ||
| Infield (7 letters) | 11 +1 | 13 +2 | infidel | ||
| Defilade (8 letters) | 13 +3 | 14 +3 | defilade | ||
| Fairlead (8 letters) | 12 +2 | 13 +2 | fairlead | ||
| Outfield (8 letters) | 12 +2 | 14 +3 | outfield | ||
| Fiddle (6 letters) | 11 +1 | 12 +1 | fiddle | ||
| Fidelity (8 letters) | 15 +5 | 15 +4 | fidelity | ||
| Wildfire (8 letters) | 15 +5 | 16 +5 | wildfire | ||
| Wildlife (8 letters) | 15 +5 | 17 +6 | wildlife | ||
| Midfield (8 letters) | 15 +5 | 17 +6 | midfield | ||
| Oilfield (8 letters) | 12 +2 | 14 +3 | oilfield | ||
| Defile (6 letters) | 10 | 11 | defile | ||
| Flinders (8 letters) | 12 +2 | 14 +3 | flinders | ||
| Fielder (7 letters) | 11 +1 | 12 +1 | refiled | ||
| Infidel (7 letters) | 11 +1 | 13 +2 | infidel | ||
| Defiler (7 letters) | 11 +1 | 12 +1 | refiled | ||
| Fiddler (7 letters) | 12 +2 | 13 +2 | fiddler | ||
| Fiedler (7 letters) | 11 +1 | 12 +1 | refiled | ||
| Fields (6 letters) | 10 | 11 | fdelis |
Defile Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters

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