- DIRTY Synonyms: 464 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
While all these words mean "conspicuously unclean or impure," dirty emphasizes the presence of dirt more than an emotional reaction to it or, figuratively, stresses meanness or despicableness When is it sensible to use filthy instead of dirty? The words filthy and dirty are synonyms, but do differ in nuance
- DIRTY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
dirty, filthy, foul, nasty, squalid mean conspicuously unclean or impure dirty emphasizes the presence of dirt more than an emotional reaction to it filthy carries a strong suggestion of offensiveness and typically of gradually accumulated dirt that begrimes and besmears
- DIRTY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Dirty, filthy, foul, squalid refer to that which is not clean Dirty is applied to that which is filled or covered with dirt so that it is unclean or defiled: dirty clothes Filthy is an emphatic word suggesting something that is excessively soiled or dirty: filthy streets
- DIRTY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
DIRTY meaning: 1 marked with dirt, mud, etc , or containing something such as pollution or bacteria: 2 unfair… Learn more
- DIRTY | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary
He's left dirty marks all over the carpet You might get dirty so wear some old clothes The trains were noisy, dirty, and unreliable The water was dirty and unsafe to drink There was a pile of dirty clothes on the floor
- Dirty - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
Things that aren't clean are dirty The greasy pans in your sink, your muddy shoes, your smelly dog, your strange uncle's jokes — all of these things are dirty
- Dirty - definition of dirty by The Free Dictionary
dirty - 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"
- Dirty Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
That's the dirty [=shameful] little secret that the industry doesn't want you to know
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