dirty

Speech parts

1. dirty - Adjective

2. dirty - Verb

3. dirty - Adverb

5. dirty - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color.

Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow.

Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather.

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

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

foul filthy muddy nasty unclean sordid soiled impure mucky soil offensive corrupt vulgar cheating obscene
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Antonyms

clean holy virgin madonna laver god-fearing
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Hypernyms

change alter modify

Hyponyms

mire spot mud foul muddy slime

Phrases with the word

dirty dogs dirty dozens air one's dirty laundry in public wash one's dirty linen in public wash dirty linen in public dirty Gertie

Derivatives

dirtied dirtying dirtier dirtiest

Examples

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. Mahatma Gandhi

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood. Gloria Steinem

A grimy fly can soil the entire wall and a small, dirty little act can ruin the entire proceedings. Anton Chekhov

Even a tin knocker will shine on a dirty floor. Irish Proverb

One muddy buffalo makes the whole herd dirty. Malawi Proverb

Close letter words and terms

dirtside dirtsider dirtsome dirty ammo dirty ammunition dirty blast