Hygiene And Cleanliness Vocabulary

noun an act of defiling or the state of being defiled

verb to make something unclean or impure

• The company was fined for defiling the environment by illegally dumping toxic waste.
• Please don't defile the park by littering everywhere.
• I can't believe they defiled that historic building with graffiti.
• His actions defiled the trust we had in him.

adjective describing a strong, unpleasant odor

• The smelly odor coming from the dumpster was overpowering.
• Ew, what's that smelly smell?
• That cheese is so smelly, it's like feet!
• His smelly attitude towards teamwork is hindering our progress.

noun a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality

verb a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being

adverb a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.

pronoun a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

article a word that is used with a noun to specify grammatical definiteness of the noun, and in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope

• It is highly inappropriate to use such language; you should wash your mouth out with soap.
• Hey, watch your language! Go wash your mouth out with soap.
• Dude, that was so foul! You need to wash your mouth out with soap.
• The lies that came out of his mouth were so disgusting, it's like he needs to wash his mouth out with soap.