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English Dictionary: dirty |
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3 results for dirty |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- dirty
- 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"
Synonym(s): dirty, soiled, unclean Antonym(s): clean
- (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"
Antonym(s): clean, unobjectionable
- vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"
Synonym(s): dirty, filthy, lousy
- 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"
Synonym(s): dirty, contaminating Antonym(s): clean, uncontaminating
- contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
Synonym(s): dirty, pestiferous
- (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"
Synonym(s): dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
Synonym(s): dirty, foul, marked-up
- obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill- gotten gains"
Synonym(s): dirty, ill-gotten
- expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"
- violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
Synonym(s): cheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
- unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"
Synonym(s): dirty, sordid
- unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"
- v
- make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes
when you play outside!"
Synonym(s): dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire Antonym(s): clean, make clean
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
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}.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Dirty \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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