Definition of flyblown Flyblown

fly•blown

We found 7 definitions of flyblown from 3 different sources.

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What does flyblown mean?

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Adjective

flyblown, flyblowner, flyblownest

flyblown - 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"
  squalid, sordid
  soiled, unclean, dirty having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3
flyblown - spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots"
  maggoty
  stale lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"
flyblown - especially of reputation; "a flyblown reputation"
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  • flyblown (a.)
    Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.

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