dirty
adj.
soiled, unclean; sordid, vile; obscene; unpleasant; hostile; stormy (weather)
v.
soil, stain, sully; become soiled or dirty
Dirty
dirty
Verb
1. make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
(synonym) soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
(antonym) clean, make clean
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) foul
(derivation) soiling, soilure, dirtying
Adjective
1. soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
(synonym) soiled, unclean
(antonym) clean
(similar) bedraggled, draggled
(see-also) unclean, impure
(attribute) cleanness
2. (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth"
(antonym) clean, unobjectionable
(similar) bawdy, off-color, ribald
(see-also) indecent
3. vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"
(synonym) filthy, lousy
(similar) nasty, awful
4. spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout"
(synonym) contaminating
(antonym) clean, uncontaminating
5. contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
(synonym) contaminated, infected, pestiferous
(similar) septic
6. (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair"
(synonym) dingy, muddied, muddy
(similar) impure
7. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
(synonym) foul, marked-up
(similar) illegible
8. obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"
(synonym) ill-gotten
(similar) illegal
9. expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"
(similar) hostile
10. violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
(synonym) cheating(a), foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
(similar) unfair, unjust
11. unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"
(synonym) sordid
(similar) corrupt
12. unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"
(similar) stormy
Dirty
(v. t.)
To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.
(v. t.)
To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.
(superl.)
Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color.
(superl.)
Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow.
(superl.)
Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather.
(superl.)
Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Besai
a despising; dirty
Cabul
displeasing; dirty
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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