FLYBLOWN as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • especially of reputation
   Synonym(s)
   • besmirched (what does besmirched mean?)
   • damaged (what does damaged mean?)
   • spotted (what does spotted mean?)
   • stained (what does stained mean?)
   • sullied (what does sullied mean?)
   • tainted (what does tainted mean?)
   • tarnished (what does tarnished mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the senator’’s seriously damaged reputation
   • a flyblown reputation
   • a tarnished reputation
   • inherited a spotted name
   Similar To
   • blemished (what does blemished mean?)
2. Meaning
   • foul and run-down and repulsive
   Synonym(s)
   • sordid (what does sordid mean?)
   • squalid (what does squalid mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a flyblown bar on the edge of town
   • a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town
   • squalid living conditions
   • sordid shantytowns
   Similar To
   • dirty (what does dirty mean?)
   • soiled (what does soiled mean?)
   • unclean (what does unclean mean?)
3. Meaning
   • spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies
   Synonym(s)
   • maggoty (what does maggoty mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • flyblown meat
   • a sack of maggoty apricots
   Similar To
   • stale (what does stale mean?)