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dirty

(adjective) unpleasantly stormy; “there’s dirty weather in the offing”

dirty, soiled, unclean

(adjective) 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”

dirty

(adjective) (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”

dirty, contaminating

(adjective) spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; “the air near the foundry was always dirty”; “a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout”

dirty, sordid, shoddy

(adjective) unethical or dishonest; “dirty police officers”; “a sordid political campaign”; “shoddy business practices”

dirty, cheating(a), foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike

(adjective) violating accepted standards or rules; “a dirty fighter”; “used foul means to gain power”; “a nasty unsporting serve”; “fined for unsportsmanlike behavior”

dirty

(adjective) expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; “dirty looks”

dirty, ill-gotten

(adjective) obtained illegally or by improper means; “dirty money”; “ill-gotten gains”

dirty, foul, marked-up

(adjective) (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; “foul (or dirty) copy”

dirty, filthy, lousy

(adjective) vile; despicable; “a dirty (or lousy) trick”; “a filthy traitor”

dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy

(adjective) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; “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”

dirty, pestiferous

(adjective) contaminated with infecting organisms; “dirty wounds”; “obliged to go into infected rooms”- Jane Austen

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

dirtier

comparative form of dirty

Source: Wiktionary


DIRTY

Dirt"y, a. [Compar. Dirtier; superl. Dirtiest.]

1. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. Spenser.

2. Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color. Locke.

3. Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow. The creature's at his dirty work again. Pope.

4. Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather. Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea. M. Arnold.

Syn.

– Nasty; filthy; foul. See Nasty.

Dirt"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dirtied; p. pr. & vb. n. Dirtying.]

1. To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.

2. To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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