dirty, adj.
(dirtier, dirtiest)
freq. cnt. 15
(dirtier, dirtiest)
freq. cnt. 15
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 2
dirty soiled unclean
sample sentences
"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"
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Augean
bedraggled, draggled
fouled, befouled
dingy, grimy, begrimed, grubby, grungy, raunchy
black, smutty
buggy
cobwebby
dirty-faced
feculent
filthy, foul, nasty
flyblown, squalid, sordid
greasy, oily
lousy
maculate
muddy, mucky
ratty
scummy
smudgy
snotty, snot-nosed
sooty
travel-soiled, travel-stained
uncleanly
unswept
unwashed
(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
dirty
sample sentences
"dirty words""a dirty old man"
"dirty books and movies"
"boys telling dirty jokes"
"has a dirty mouth"
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vile; despicable
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
dirty filthy lousy
sample sentences
"a dirty (or lousy) trick""a filthy traitor"
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unpleasantly stormy
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dirty
spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
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contaminating dirty
sample sentences
"the air near the foundry was always dirty""a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout"
unethical or dishonest
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dirty shoddy sordid
sample sentences
"dirty police officers""a sordid political campaign"
"shoddy business practices"
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violating accepted standards or rules
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
cheating dirty foul unsporting unsportsmanlike
sample sentences
"a dirty fighter""used foul means to gain power"
"a nasty unsporting serve"
"fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
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expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
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dirty
obtained illegally or by improper means
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dirty ill-gotten
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
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dirty foul marked-up
(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
dingy dirty muddied muddy
sample sentences
"dirty" is often used in combination"a dirty (or dingy) white"
"the muddied grey of the sea"
"muddy colors"
"dirty-green walls"
"dirty-blonde hair"
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contaminated with infecting organisms
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dirty pestiferous
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"dirty wounds""obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
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