Colly — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

make soiled, filthy, or dirty

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˌɪmɪnˈoʊsɪs/

🇬🇧British English

/dˌɪsəntˈɛɹɪkəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˌɪsəntˈɛɹɪkəl/

2 syllables Say it as /kɹˌɪmɪnˈoʊsɪs/.

Examples

don't soil your clothes when you play outside!

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

grime dirty begrime bemire soil

Antonyms

clean

Parts of Speech

verb	make soiled, filthy, or dirty “don't soil your clothes when you play outside!”

Word Forms

dirtying	noun	the act of soiling something
soil	noun	the state of being covered with unclean things
soilure	noun	the act of soiling something
soiling	noun	the act of soiling something
grime	noun	the state of being covered with unclean things

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

mal au ventre

rendre sale, sale ou sale

🇪🇸Spanish

perro escocés

ensuciar, ensuciar o ensuciar

🇮🇹Italian

collie

rendere sporco, sporco o sporco

🇳🇱Dutch

collie

vuil, vies of vies maken

🇷🇺Russian

колли

сделать грязным, грязным или грязным

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कोल्ली

गंदा, गन्दा या गन्दा बनाना

🇧🇩Bengali

কোলি

নোংরা, নোংরা বা নোংরা করুন

🇮🇳Tamil

கோலி

அழுக்கடைந்த, அசுத்தமான அல்லது அழுக்கு

🇮🇳Telugu

కోలీ

మురికిగా, మురికిగా లేదా మురికిగా చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

कोली

घाणेरडे, घाणेरडे किंवा घाणेरडे करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

કોલી

ગંદા, ગંદા અથવા ગંદા બનાવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೋಲಿ

ಮಣ್ಣಾದ, ಕೊಳಕು ಅಥವಾ ಕೊಳಕು ಮಾಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കോളി

മലിനമായതോ വൃത്തികെട്ടതോ വൃത്തികെട്ടതോ ആക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੋਲੀ

ਗੰਦਾ, ਗੰਦਾ ਜਾਂ ਗੰਦਾ ਬਣਾਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

کولی

گندا، غلیظ یا گندا بنانا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

科利

弄脏、弄脏或弄脏

🇯🇵Japanese

コリー

汚れた、不潔な、または汚れたものにする

🇰🇷Korean

콜리

더러워지거나, 불결하거나, 더러워지게 만들다

🇹🇭Thai

คอลลี่

ทำให้สกปรก โสโครก หรือสกปรก

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كولي

جعل المتسخة، القذرة، أو القذرة

🇮🇷Persian

کولی

کثیف، کثیف یا کثیف کنید

🇮🇱Hebrew

קולי

להפוך מלוכלך, מטונף או מלוכלך

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The primary meaning of 'colly' is 'make soiled, filthy, or dirty'.

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