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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?
Before this (borehole) we used to walk long distances every morning to get water before coming back to go to school, most of the shallow wells in the area had dried up and the closest one was two kilometers away. Sometimes the water would get very dirty and not safe to drink.
We are all in a very different place now, we know so much more now, and we know that after the year we've experienced, that campers and staff need camp -- they need to be outside and connect with other campers, they need to get off Zoom and get into lakes and get dirty and eat smores.
Some people believe in cleaning dirty plants by putting them in the shower. This method does work, but you have to get the water temperature just right, room temperature, and it can get messy.
Zelenskiy does not come out looking good from this - giving the ex-U.S. ambassador a kicking, Angela Merkel and the Europeans a kicking, and then agreeing to do Trump's dirty work on Biden.
Ganymede's ice shell has some light and dark regions, suggesting that some areas may be pure ice while other areas contain dirty ice.
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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