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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 dir
Synonyms: soiled, unclean Antonyms: clean Similar: bedraggled, draggled, befouled, fouled, begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy, bespattered, spattered, besplashed, splashed, black, buggy, dirty-faced, dusty, dust-covered, fecal, faecal, feculent, filthy, foul, nasty, flyblown, squalid, sordid, greasy, oily, lousy, mucky, muddy, scummy, smeared, smirched, smudged, smudgy, snotty, snot-nosed, travel-soiled, travel-stained, unswept, unwashed, maculate
(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 Similar: bawdy, off-color, ribald, dirty-minded, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty, foul-mouthed, foul-spoken, lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious, scabrous, scatological, blasphemous, blue, profane
vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"
Synonyms: filthy, lousy Similar: nasty, awful
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: clean, uncontaminating
contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
Synonyms: contaminated, infected, pestiferous Similar: septic
(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"
Synonyms: dingy, muddied, muddy Similar: impure
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
Synonyms: foul, marked-up Similar: illegible
obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"
Synonyms: ill-gotten Similar: illegal
expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"
Similar: hostile
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 Similar: unfair, unjust
unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"
Synonyms: sordid Similar: corrupt
unpleasantly stormy; "there''s dirty weather in the offing"
Similar: stormy

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verb

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

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