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Synonyms for dirty
ˈdɜr tidirty
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Wiktionary
dirtyadjective
Synonyms:
unwashed, soiled, filthy, unclean, sordidAntonyms:
cleandirtyadjective
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ill-gottendirtyadjective
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dishonest, filthy, unethical, lousy, mean, vile, base, sordid, dishonorable, despicabledirtyverb
dirtyadverb
dirtyverb
To make (something) dirty.
Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty.
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underhandedly, dirtily, deceptively, indecentlydirtyadjective
That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
Don't put that in your mouth, dear, it's dirty.
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sullydirtyadjective
Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.
He might have scored, but it was a dirty trick that won him the penalty.
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unsportsmanlike, unsporting, cheating, foulAntonyms:
sportsmanlikedirtyadjective
Of color, discolored by impurities.
The old flag was a dirty white.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
dirty, soiled, uncleanadjective
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"
Synonyms:
soiled, unsporting, unsportsmanlike, lousy, dingy, filthy, cheating(a), impure, unclean, pestiferous, marked-up, ill-gotten, foul, contaminating, sordid, muddy, muddiedAntonyms:
spick-and-span, pure, legal, unused, calm, washed, antiseptic, clean, incorrupt, dry-cleaned, immaculate, amicable, speckless, unobjectionable, pristine, spic-and-span, spotless, unsullied, fair, just, cleanable, nice, spick, unsoiled, legible, cleanly, scrubbed, fresh, uncontaminating, unspotted, water-washed, spic, unstained, make cleandirtyadjective
(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"
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unsportsmanlike, unsporting, marked-up, soiled, sordid, muddy, muddied, ill-gotten, unclean, filthy, foul, cheating(a), lousy, dingy, pestiferous, contaminatingAntonyms:
scrubbed, clean, dry-cleaned, pure, speckless, legal, unused, amicable, water-washed, immaculate, cleanly, unsullied, nice, antiseptic, fair, spotless, spic-and-span, spick-and-span, washed, unstained, fresh, cleanable, uncontaminating, unsoiled, spick, spic, incorrupt, unspotted, calm, unobjectionable, pristine, just, legible, make cleandirty, filthy, lousyadjective
vile; despicable
"a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"
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soiled, cruddy, smutty, unsporting, unsportsmanlike, lousy, stinky, dingy, crappy, filthy, cheating(a), nasty, stinking, unclean, rotten, shitty, pestiferous, marked-up, ill-gotten, foul, contaminating, sordid, icky, muddy, muddiedAntonyms:
pure, spic, water-washed, scrubbed, unsullied, spick, unsoiled, clean, incorrupt, spic-and-span, antiseptic, speckless, legible, nice, amicable, calm, pristine, fair, unstained, just, unused, fresh, dry-cleaned, immaculate, legal, cleanly, spick-and-span, unobjectionable, cleanable, spotless, uncontaminating, unspotted, washed, make cleandirty, contaminatingadjective
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"
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soiled, unsporting, unsportsmanlike, lousy, corrupting, dingy, filthy, cheating(a), unclean, pestiferous, marked-up, ill-gotten, foul, contaminating, sordid, muddy, muddiedAntonyms:
calm, dry-cleaned, pure, spic-and-span, incorrupt, spick, immaculate, legible, unstained, antiseptic, cleanable, water-washed, unobjectionable, just, cleanly, washed, fair, legal, spotless, speckless, unsullied, unused, clean, spic, uncontaminating, pristine, unsoiled, spick-and-span, amicable, scrubbed, unspotted, nice, fresh, make cleandirty, pestiferousadjective
contaminated with infecting organisms
"dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
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vexatious, soiled, pestilent, unsporting, irritating, unsportsmanlike, lousy, dingy, vexing, filthy, teasing, galling, cheating(a), plaguy, bothersome, unclean, plaguey, corruptive, pestiferous, marked-up, ill-gotten, pesky, pestering, foul, contaminating, nettlesome, annoying, sordid, pestilential, perversive, muddy, muddiedAntonyms:
water-washed, dry-cleaned, antiseptic, clean, unspotted, nice, spick, spotless, pristine, calm, immaculate, spic-and-span, scrubbed, fair, unstained, just, unused, unsoiled, fresh, amicable, washed, pure, uncontaminating, unsullied, spic, legal, unobjectionable, legible, speckless, incorrupt, cleanable, spick-and-span, cleanly, make cleandirty, dingy, muddied, muddyadjective
(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"
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filthy, raunchy, marked-up, sloughy, foul, lousy, sordid, sloppy, dismal, soiled, disconsolate, turbid, grungy, pestiferous, marshy, begrimed, gloomy, blue, muddied, cheating(a), swampy, unclean, mucky, boggy, grimy, dark, grim, miry, soggy, ill-gotten, unsportsmanlike, grubby, unsporting, contaminating, squashy, cloudy, sorry, muddy, murky, drab, mirky, dingy, waterlogged, dreary, drear, quaggyAntonyms:
unsoiled, speckless, amicable, incorrupt, antiseptic, clean, fair, legible, spic, pure, washed, spic-and-span, unspotted, scrubbed, dry-cleaned, unused, nice, cleanly, calm, unstained, immaculate, cleanable, fresh, spick-and-span, spotless, water-washed, unsullied, legal, spick, unobjectionable, just, uncontaminating, pristine, make cleandirty, foul, marked-upadjective
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
"foul (or dirty) copy"
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filthy, noisome, fetid, revolting, marked-up, foul, lousy, sordid, ill-scented, distasteful, soiled, cruddy, smelly, foetid, pestiferous, disgustful, loathly, disgusting, afoul(ip), muddied, cheating(a), unclean, foul-smelling, loathsome, ill-gotten, yucky, wicked, unsportsmanlike, skanky, nasty, unsporting, contaminating, funky, smutty, stinking, repelling, muddy, repellent, fouled, dingy, repellantAntonyms:
dry-cleaned, unstained, speckless, incorrupt, unsullied, antiseptic, unsoiled, just, nice, clean, legal, spotless, scrubbed, pristine, immaculate, spick-and-span, fresh, spic-and-span, spic, unobjectionable, water-washed, amicable, legible, calm, uncontaminating, cleanly, spick, unused, unspotted, washed, pure, cleanable, fair, make cleandirty, ill-gottenadjective
obtained illegally or by improper means
"dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"
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soiled, unsporting, unsportsmanlike, lousy, dingy, filthy, cheating(a), unclean, pestiferous, marked-up, ill-gotten, foul, contaminating, sordid, muddy, muddiedAntonyms:
fresh, clean, spick, speckless, spick-and-span, unobjectionable, water-washed, antiseptic, just, cleanable, dry-cleaned, spic, spic-and-span, nice, calm, unused, incorrupt, legal, scrubbed, washed, legible, unspotted, spotless, fair, cleanly, uncontaminating, pristine, unstained, amicable, immaculate, unsullied, pure, unsoiled, make cleandirtyadjective
expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
"dirty looks"
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unsportsmanlike, unsporting, marked-up, soiled, sordid, muddy, muddied, ill-gotten, unclean, filthy, foul, cheating(a), lousy, dingy, pestiferous, contaminatingAntonyms:
unobjectionable, uncontaminating, spick-and-span, clean, spic, just, antiseptic, spotless, legible, unsoiled, dry-cleaned, unspotted, unsullied, fair, spic-and-span, amicable, unused, spick, fresh, speckless, calm, nice, incorrupt, immaculate, scrubbed, cleanable, water-washed, washed, pure, unstained, cleanly, legal, pristine, make cleancheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlikeadjective
violating accepted standards or rules
"a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
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antiseptic, spick-and-span, fair, spic-and-span, clean, nice, water-washed, unobjectionable, spotless, spick, unsullied, unstained, legal, legible, scrubbed, incorrupt, unused, cleanable, speckless, washed, spic, calm, immaculate, pure, fresh, unspotted, just, amicable, pristine, unsoiled, uncontaminating, cleanly, dry-cleaned, make cleandirty, sordidadjective
unethical or dishonest
"dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"
Synonyms:
soiled, unsporting, unsportsmanlike, lousy, dingy, seamy, filthy, squalid, cheating(a), unclean, flyblown, sleazy, pestiferous, marked-up, ill-gotten, seedy, foul, contaminating, sordid, muddy, muddiedAntonyms:
unused, dry-cleaned, speckless, clean, unspotted, unobjectionable, unsoiled, spick, cleanly, unstained, antiseptic, pristine, amicable, spic-and-span, spic, spick-and-span, fair, calm, spotless, washed, incorrupt, just, immaculate, uncontaminating, fresh, pure, water-washed, legible, cleanable, unsullied, scrubbed, nice, legal, make cleandirtyverb
unpleasantly stormy
"there's dirty weather in the offing"
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unsportsmanlike, unsporting, marked-up, soiled, sordid, muddy, muddied, ill-gotten, unclean, filthy, foul, cheating(a), lousy, dingy, pestiferous, contaminatingAntonyms:
unspotted, fair, unsullied, clean, scrubbed, calm, dry-cleaned, speckless, cleanly, spick, legal, just, nice, pure, unused, amicable, immaculate, legible, fresh, spic, antiseptic, cleanable, unstained, washed, uncontaminating, unsoiled, pristine, unobjectionable, spic-and-span, water-washed, incorrupt, spick-and-span, spotless, make cleandirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemireverb
make soiled, filthy, or dirty
"don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
Synonyms:
begrime, bemire, colly, grime, soilAntonyms:
spic, cleanly, legal, water-washed, spick-and-span, amicable, spotless, spic-and-span, legible, fresh, immaculate, spick, unobjectionable, unsoiled, speckless, calm, clean, antiseptic, scrubbed, just, uncontaminating, washed, cleanable, nice, unused, pure, unsullied, unspotted, pristine, unstained, incorrupt, fair, dry-cleaned, make clean
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pretty grossadjective
the dog was interested in pretty gross flowers
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
dirtyadjective
dirtyadjective
dirtyadjective
Synonyms:
mean, base, vile, low, grovelling, sneaking, pitiful, paltry, beggarly, scurvy, shabby, despicable, contemptibledirtyverb
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
dirtyadjective
Synonyms:
defiled, unclean, foul, nasty, filthy, soiled, begrimed, grimy, squalid, uncleanly, loathsome, bedraggled, daggletailed, besmeared, sullied, sordid, groveling, despicable, vile, contemptible, abjectdirtyverb
Synonyms:
soil, befoul, begrime, besmirch, sully, tarnish, besmear, defile
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How to use dirty in a sentence?
Turning Ahmaud Arbery into a victim after the choices that he made does not reflect the reality of what brought Ahmaud Arbery to Satilla Shores in his khaki shorts with no socks to cover his long, dirty toenails.
The U.S. economy remains the least dirty t-shirt in the global laundry basket. The dollar was stronger across the board in response.
This is tremendous news for West Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolinians who deserve clean air, safe water and protection from climate change, as they abandon this dirty pipe dream, Dominion and Duke should now pivot to investing more in energy efficiency, wind and solar -- that's how to provide jobs and a better future for all.
It's hard for me to get used to these changing times. I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.
They're going to engage in an attempt to distract from the real issues that are impacting the American people. And I expect that they will engage in dirty tactics. And this is going to be a knockdown, drag-out. And we're ready.
Translations for dirty
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- vuil, vaalAfrikaans
- قذر, وسخArabic
- çirkliAzerbaijani
- брудныBelarusian
- нечестен, циничен, изцапан, неприличен, мръсенBulgarian
- নোংরাBengali
- lousaatBreton
- embrutar, brutCatalan, Valencian
- špinavě, špinavý, sprostýCzech
- grumset, beskidt, urenDanish
- verdreckt, schmutzig, verdrecken, dreckig, vulgär, obszön, beschmutzenGerman
- βρώμικος, βρωμερός, βρωμιά, ακάθαρτος, ακαθαρσία, λερωμένοςGreek
- malpuraEsperanto
- ensuciar, enturbiar, descolorido, sucio, turbio, obscenamente, guarro, verde, manchar, degradar, ensuciarseSpanish
- räpaneEstonian
- کثیفPersian
- rivosti, likainen, rumasti, tuhma, törkyinen, liata, tahrata, säädytön, rivo, ruma, likaisesti, hävytön, epäreilusti, törkeä, epäpuhdas, tuhmasti, ryvettää, halpamainen, ryvettyäFinnish
- cochon, sale, salir, se salir, salement, salissant, avilirFrench
- gruzich, smoarchWestern Frisian
- gáirsiúil, salachIrish
- cacaScottish Gaelic
- מלוכלך, הכתים, לכלך, מלכלךHebrew
- गंदा, मैलाHindi
- koszos, piszkos, mocskosHungarian
- կեղտոտArmenian
- polluerInterlingua
- kotorIndonesian
- óhreinnIcelandic
- lurido, sporco, lercio, sudicio, insudiciare, lordare, sporca, sudicia, sporcare, sporcarsiItalian
- 汚いJapanese
- ბინძურიGeorgian
- лас, батпақты, кірKazakh
- កខ្វក់, ក្រខ្វក់Khmer
- 더러운, 더럽다Korean
- lewitî, pîs, qirêjî, پیس, rêvin, herrimîKurdish
- баткак, кирKyrgyz
- inquinō, sordidus, impuratusLatin
- ເປື້ອນLao
- nepadorus, nešvankus, purvinas, bjaurus, nešvarusLithuanian
- nosmērēt, nešķīsts, netīrs, neķītrsLatvian
- валканMacedonian
- бохирMongolian
- kotorMalay
- maħmuġMaltese
- ညစ်Burmese
- oneerlijk, smerig, vuil, grof, obsceen, schunnig, vulgair, vies, bevuilenDutch
- skittenNorwegian
- niłhin, chin bąąhNavajo, Navaho
- nieprzyzwoity, brudzący, świński, brudzić, sprośny, haniebny, brudnyPolish
- سخا, خيرنPashto, Pushto
- suja, sujo, sujarPortuguese
- murdar, murdări, spurcaRomanian
- грязный, пачкать, пятнать, пачкаться, испачканный, подло, сальный, загрязнять, запятнать, загрязняться, подлый, скабрёзныйRussian
- nečist, нечист, prljav, прљавSerbo-Croatian
- කිලිටිSinhala, Sinhalese
- špinavýSlovak
- umazan, umazati, umazati seSlovene
- ndyrëAlbanian
- oren, fläcka, smutsa ner, grumlig, snuskig, smutsig, smutsigt, ojuste, osnygg, ful, skitig, orättmätig, fult, osnyggt, orena, skita nerSwedish
- మురికి, మురికిగాTelugu
- касиф, лойолуд, чиркин, пурлойTajik
- สกปรกThai
- kirliTurkmen
- madumi, marumiTagalog
- pis pis, pisletmek, müstehcen, lekelemek, kirli, pis, kirletmekTurkish
- бруднийUkrainian
- گندا, گندہUrdu
- kirUzbek
- không, xấu xa, [[bất]] [[hợp pháp]], bẩn thỉu, dơ, bẩn, tục tĩu, xấu, bậy, trái luật, bậy bạVietnamese
- miotikVolapük
- mannete, mannet, måssîte, måssî, anichter, manniWalloon
- גראָבYiddish
- 脏Chinese
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