Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defiling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables
de-fil-ing
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of defile

Derived Forms

Questions

What does defiling mean?
present participle and gerund of defile

How to pronounce defiling

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