dirty : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dirty	by the DICT Development Group
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
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}.
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.