DIRTY


Meaning of DIRTY in English

I. adjective

1.

soiled or begrimed with dirt

wash those dirty hands

Synonyms: black, dungy, filthy, foul, grimy, grubby, grungy, impure, mucky, murky, nasty, soily, sordid, squalid, unclean, uncleanly

Related Word: contaminated, defiled, polluted, tainted; dreggy; draggled, draggletailed, draggly

Idioms: dirty as a pig

Contrasted words: immaculate, spotless; unsoiled, unspotted, unsullied

Antonyms: clean

2.

Synonyms: impure 1, immoral, unchaste, unclean, uncleanly

Antonyms: clean

3.

Synonyms: obscene 2, coarse, filthy, foul, indecent, nasty, raunchy, scatological, smutty, vulgar

4.

Synonyms: wild 6, blustering, blustery, ||coarse, furious, raging, rough, stormful, stormy, tempestuous

II. verb

1.

Synonyms: soil 2, begrime, besoil, foul, grime, smirch, smooch, smudge, smutch, tarnish

Antonyms: clean

2.

Synonyms: taint 1, besmear, besmirch, discolor, smear, soil, stain, sully, tar, tarnish

Idioms: dirty one's hands

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