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Flyblown

Flyblown Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Flyblown? [adj] especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name" [adj] foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns" [adj] spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Flyblown: besmirched \| blemished \| damaged \| dirty \| maggoty \| soiled \| sordid \| spotted \| squalid \| stained \| stale \| sullied \| tainted \| tarnished \| unclean Related Terms \| Find terms related to Flyblown: barfy \| blasted \| blighted \| blown \| crappy \| despoiled \| disgusting \| fecal \| feculent \| fetid \| filthy \| foul \| frowsty \| frowsy \| frowzy \| fusty \| gloppy \| gunky \| icky \| maggoty \| malodorous \| mephitic \| mildewed \| moldering \| moldy \| moth-eaten \| mucky \| musty \| nasty \| nauseating \| odious \| ordurous \| puky \| putrid \| rank \| ravaged \| repulsive \| rotten \| scabby \| scummy \| scurfy \| shitty \| slabby \| slimy \| sloppy \| sloshy \| sludgy \| slushy \| smutted \| smutty \| sposhy \| vile \| vomity \| weevily \| worm-eaten \| wormy \| yecchy See Also \| Flyblown In Webster's Dictionary \Fly"blown`\, a. Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul. Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled. --Thackeray.

Flyblown Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flyblown?

[adj] especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name"
[adj] foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"
[adj] spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots"

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Flyblown In Webster's Dictionary

\Fly"blown`\, a.
Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.

      Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled.
                                               --Thackeray.

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