a. | 1. | Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; |
2. | Sullied; clouded; - applied to color. | |
3. | Sordid; base; groveling; | |
4. | Sleety; gusty; stormy; | |
v. t. | 1. | To foul; to make filthy; to soil; |
2. | To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; - said of reputation, character, etc. |
Verb | 1. | dirty - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" Antonyms: clean, make clean - make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth" |
Adj. | 1. | dirty - 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" Antonyms: clean - free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals" |
2. | dirty - (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: unobjectionable, clean - (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers; "good clean fun"; "a clean joke" | |
3. | dirty - vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor" | |
4. | dirty - spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout" Synonyms: contaminating Antonyms: uncontaminating, clean - not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean" | |
5. | dirty - contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen | |
6. | dirty - (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" | |
7. | dirty - (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy" | |
8. | dirty - obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains" Synonyms: ill-gotten | |
9. | dirty - expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks" | |
10. | dirty - violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" | |
11. | dirty - unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign" Synonyms: sordid | |
12. | dirty - unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing" |