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Dirty Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dirty? [adj] unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing" [adj] 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" [adj] (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" [adj] 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" [adj] unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign" [adj] violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [adj] expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks" [adj] obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains" [adj] (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy" [adj] vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor" [adj] (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" [adj] contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen [v] make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" 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Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dirty: abject \| abominable \| abusive \| angry \| animal \| aphrodisiomaniacal \| arrant \| atrocious \| attaint \| bad \| barfy \| base \| base-minded \| bawdy \| bedaub \| bedraggled \| befoul \| befouled \| beggarly \| begrime \| bemire \| bemud \| besmear \| besmeared \| besmirch \| besmirched \| besmoke \| besoil \| bestain \| bitter \| black \| blacken \| blasphemous \| blotchy \| blowing \| blowy \| blue \| blur \| blustering \| blustery \| brand \| bum \| calumniatory \| calumnious \| carnal \| castellatus \| cheesy \| cirrose \| cirrous \| clitoromaniacal \| clouded \| cloud-flecked \| cloudy \| coarse \| comminatory \| concupiscent \| contaminated \| contemptible \| contumelious \| corrupt \| crappy \| creepy \| crummy \| cumuliform \| cumulous \| cursing \| cyclonic \| damnatory \| dark \| darken \| daub \| debased \| deceitful \| defile \| defiled \| degraded \| denunciatory \| depraved \| despicable \| dingy \| dirt \| dirty up \| dirty-minded \| discolor \| discompose \| disgusting \| dishonest \| dishonorable \| disloyal \| draggled \| draggletailed \| dungy \| dust \| dusty \| dysphemistic \| epithetic \| erotic \| eroticomaniacal \| erotomaniacal \| evilhearted \| evil-minded \| excommunicative \| excommunicatory \| execrable \| execratory \| Fescennine \| filthy \| flagrant \| fleshly \| foul \| foul-mouthed \| foul-spoken \| foul-tongued \| fuliginous \| fulminatory \| fulsome \| furious \| gloomy \| goatish \| godawful \| goshawful \| grave \| grim \| grime \| grimy \| gross \| grubby \| grungy \| gynecomaniacal \| hairy \| heavy \| heinous \| horny \| hot \| hysteromaniacal \| icky \| ignoble \| ignominious \| immoral \| imprecatory \| impure \| indecent \| infamous \| ithyphallic \| lascivious \| lecherous \| lenticularis \| lewd \| libidinous \| licentious \| lickerish \| little \| low \| low-down \| low-minded \| low-thoughted \| lubricious \| lumpen \| lurid \| lustful \| maledictory \| malevolent \| malicious \| mammatus \| mangy \| mark \| mean \| measly \| messy \| mire \| miry \| miserable \| monstrous \| muck \| muck up \| mucky \| muddy \| murky \| nasty \| nebulous \| nefarious \| nimbose \| nubilous \| nymphomaniacal \| obnoxious \| obscene \| odious \| off color \| offensive \| oozy \| overcast \| overclouded \| paltry \| perfidious \| petty \| plashy \| poky \| pollute \| polluted \| poor \| pornographic \| priapic \| profane \| prurient \| punk \| putrid \| Rabelaisian \| raging \| rainy \| randy \| rank \| raunchy \| raw \| reptilian \| resentful \| ribald \| risque \| rotten \| rough \| rude \| salacious \| satyric \| scabby \| scabrous \| scatologic \| scatological \| scorch \| scrubby \| scruffy \| scummy \| scurrile \| scurrilous \| scurvy \| sear \| sensual \| sexual \| sexy \| shabby \| shitty \| shoddy \| singe \| slabby \| slatternly \| slime \| slobby \| sloppy \| sloshy \| sloughy \| slovenly \| slubber \| sludgy \| slur \| slushy \| small \| smear \| smirch \| smirched \| smirchy \| smoke \| smoking-room \| smoky \| smooch \| smudge \| smudged \| smudgy \| smutchy \| smutty \| snuffy \| soft \| soil \| soiled \| soily \| soot \| sooty \| sordid \| splashy \| sposhy \| spotted \| squalid \| squally \| squashy \| squelchy \| squishy \| stain \| stained \| stigmatize \| stinking \| stinky \| storming \| stormy \| stratiform \| stratous \| sullied \| sully \| sultry \| taint \| tainted \| tar \| tarnish \| tempestuous \| thunderheaded \| tornadic \| treacherous \| turbid \| turbulent \| typhonic \| typhoonish \| unchaste \| unclean \| uncleanly \| underhanded \| unfair \| unmentionable \| unprintable \| unrepeatable \| unscrupulous \| unsporting \| unsportsmanlike \| untidy \| unwashed \| vile \| villainous \| vituperative \| vomity \| vulgar \| windy \| wrathful \| wretched \| yecchy See Also \| alter \| blemish \| change \| contaminate \| crock \| foul \| impure \| indecent \| mire \| muck \| muck up \| mud \| muddy \| muddy up \| pollute \| slime \| smear \| splash \| spot \| untidy Dirty In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Dirty Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dirty?

[adj] unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"
[adj] 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"
[adj] (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"
[adj] 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"
[adj] unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"
[adj] violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
[adj] expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"
[adj] obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"
[adj] (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
[adj] vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"
[adj] (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"
[adj] contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
[v] make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

Dirty In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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