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   dirty

   /ˈdəːti/

   adjective

   • 1. covered or marked with an unclean substance: "a tray of dirty cups and saucers" Similar soiledgrimygrubbyfilthymuckystainedunwashedgreasysmearedsmearyspottedsmudgedcloudymuddydustysootyuncleansulliedimpuretarnishedpollutedcontaminateddefiledfoulunhygienicinsanitaryunsanitaryinformal:cruddyyuckyickymankygungygrottyboggingliterary:befouledbesmirchedbegrimedrare:feculentOpposite clean
   • ▪ causing a person or place to become unclean: "farming is a hard, dirty job"
   • ▪ (of a nuclear weapon) producing considerable radioactive fallout.
   • 2. (of an activity) dishonest; dishonourable: "he had a reputation for dirty dealing" Similar unfairdishonestdeceitfulunscrupulousdishonourableunsportingungentlemanlybelow the beltunethicalunprincipledimmoralcrookedillegalfraudulentrottencorruptdouble-dealingJanus-facedtreacherousunderhandslycraftycunningwilydeviousMachiavelliansneakyguilefulconnivingdesigningcalculatingnastyunpleasantmeanbaselowvilecontemptibledespicablecowardlyshamefulignominioussordidbeggarlysqualidinformal:low-downout of ordernot cricketOpposite honestdecent
   • ▪ using illegal drugs. informal US
   • ▪ used to emphasize one's disgust for someone or something: informal "you dirty rat!"
   • 3. concerned with sex in a lewd or obscene way: "he told a stream of dirty jokes" Similar indecentobscenerudevulgarsmuttycoarsecrudefilthybawdysuggestiveribaldracysalaciousrisquéprurientoffensivelewdlasciviouslicentiouspornographicexplicitX-ratedoff colorinformal:naughtyblueeuphemistic:adultOpposite clean
   • 4. (of weather) rough, stormy, and unpleasant. Similar unpleasantnastyfoulinclementroughbadstormysquallygustywindyblowyrainymistygloomymurkyovercastlouringOpposite fair
   • 5. (of a colour) not bright or pure; dull: "the sea was a waste of dirty grey" Similar dullcloudymuddydingydarknot clearnot purenot brightOpposite bright
   • ▪ (in popular music) having a distorted or rasping tone: "Nirvana's dirty guitar sound"

   adverb

   • 1. used for emphasis: informal British "a dirty great slab of stone"

   verb

   • 1. make dirty: "she didn't like him dirtying her nice clean towels"

   Derivatives

   • 1. dirtily adverb
   • 2. dirtiness noun

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