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1. dirty - verb

· make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

Synonym(s): soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify

Antonym(s): clean




2. dirty - adjective

· 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): soiled, unclean

Antonym(s): clean




3. dirty - adjective

· (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




4. dirty - adjective

· vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"

Synonym(s): filthy, lousy




5. dirty - adjective

· 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): contaminating

Antonym(s): clean




6. dirty - adjective

· contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen

Synonym(s): pestiferous




7. dirty - adjective

· (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): dingy, muddied, muddy




8. dirty - adjective

· (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"

Synonym(s): foul, marked-up




9. dirty - adjective

· obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"

Synonym(s): ill-gotten




10. dirty - adjective

· expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"




11. dirty - adjective

· 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, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike




12. dirty - adjective

· unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"; "shoddy business practices"

Synonym(s): sordid, shoddy




13. dirty - adjective

· unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"





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