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Definition of 'dirty'

Verb

  1. make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
       Synonyms: soil begrime grime colly bemire
       Antonyms: clean make clean

Adjective

  1. 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 unclean
       Antonyms: clean
  2. (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"
       Antonyms: clean unobjectionable
  3. vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"
       Synonyms: filthy lousy
  4. 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"
       Synonyms: contaminating
       Antonyms: clean uncontaminating
  5. contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
       Synonyms: contaminated pestiferous
  6. (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"
       Synonyms: dingy muddied muddy
  7. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
       Synonyms: foul marked-up
  8. obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"
       Synonyms: ill-gotten
  9. expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"
  10. violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
       Synonyms: cheating foul unsporting unsportsmanlike
  11. unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"
       Synonyms: sordid
  12. unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"


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