DIRTY as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make soiled, filthy, or dirty
   Synonym(s)
   • begrime (what does begrime mean?)
   • bemire (what does bemire mean?)
   • colly (what does colly mean?)
   • grime (what does grime mean?)
   • soil (what does soil mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • don”t soil your clothes when you play outside!
   Hypernyms(s) dirty is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • clean (what does clean mean?)
   • make clean (what does make clean mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • foul (what does foul mean?)
   • pollute (what does pollute mean?)
   • foul (what does foul mean?)
   • contaminate (what does contaminate mean?)
   • smear (what does smear mean?)
   • slime (what does slime mean?)
   • muddy (what does muddy mean?)
   • muddy up (what does muddy up mean?)
   • splash (what does splash mean?)
   • mire (what does mire mean?)
   • muck (what does muck mean?)
   • mud (what does mud mean?)
   • muck up (what does muck up mean?)
   • crock (what does crock mean?)
   • blemish (what does blemish mean?)
   • spot (what does spot mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dirt (what does dirt mean?)
   • filth (what does filth mean?)
   • grime (what does grime mean?)
   • soil (what does soil mean?)
   • stain (what does stain mean?)
   • grease (what does grease mean?)
   • grunge (what does grunge mean?)
   • dirt (what does dirt mean?)
   • filth (what does filth mean?)
   • grime (what does grime mean?)
   • soil (what does soil mean?)
   • stain (what does stain mean?)
   • grease (what does grease mean?)
   • grunge (what does grunge mean?)
   • soiling (what does soiling mean?)
   • soilure (what does soilure mean?)
   • dirtying (what does dirtying mean?)
   • soiling (what does soiling mean?)
   • soilure (what does soilure mean?)
   • dirtying (what does dirtying mean?)
   • soiling (what does soiling mean?)
   • soilure (what does soilure mean?)
   • dirtying (what does dirtying mean?)

DIRTY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • unpleasantly stormy
   Usage Example(s)
   • there’’s dirty weather in the offing
   Similar To
   • stormy (what does stormy mean?)
2. Meaning
   • soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
   Synonym(s)
   • soiled (what does soiled mean?)
   • unclean (what does unclean mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Antonym(s)
   • clean (what does clean mean?)
   Similar To
   • bedraggled (what does bedraggled mean?)
   • draggled (what does draggled mean?)
   • befouled (what does befouled mean?)
   • fouled (what does fouled mean?)
   • begrimed (what does begrimed mean?)
   • dingy (what does dingy mean?)
   • grimy (what does grimy mean?)
   • grubby (what does grubby mean?)
   • grungy (what does grungy mean?)
   • raunchy (what does raunchy mean?)
   • bespattered (what does bespattered mean?)
   • spattered (what does spattered mean?)
   • besplashed (what does besplashed mean?)
   • splashed (what does splashed mean?)
   • black (what does black mean?)
   • buggy (what does buggy mean?)
   • dirty-faced (what does dirty-faced mean?)
   • dusty (what does dusty mean?)
   • dust-covered (what does dust-covered mean?)
   • fecal (what does fecal mean?)
   • faecal (what does faecal mean?)
   • feculent (what does feculent mean?)
   • filthy (what does filthy mean?)
   • foul (what does foul mean?)
   • nasty (what does nasty mean?)
   • flyblown (what does flyblown mean?)
   • squalid (what does squalid mean?)
   • sordid (what does sordid mean?)
   • greasy (what does greasy mean?)
   • oily (what does oily mean?)
   • lousy (what does lousy mean?)
   • mucky (what does mucky mean?)
   • muddy (what does muddy mean?)
   • scummy (what does scummy mean?)
   • smeared (what does smeared mean?)
   • smirched (what does smirched mean?)
   • smudged (what does smudged mean?)
   • smudgy (what does smudgy mean?)
   • snotty (what does snotty mean?)
   • snot-nosed (what does snot-nosed mean?)
   • travel-soiled (what does travel-soiled mean?)
   • travel-stained (what does travel-stained mean?)
   • unswept (what does unswept mean?)
   • unwashed (what does unwashed mean?)
   • maculate (what does maculate mean?)
   See Also
   • unclean (what does unclean mean?)
   • impure (what does impure mean?)
   • untidy (what does untidy mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • cleanness (what does cleanness mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
   Usage Example(s)
   • dirty words
   • a dirty old man
   • dirty books and movies
   • boys telling dirty jokes
   • has a dirty mouth
   Antonym(s)
   • clean (what does clean mean?)
   • unobjectionable (what does unobjectionable mean?)
   Similar To
   • bawdy (what does bawdy mean?)
   • off-color (what does off-color mean?)
   • ribald (what does ribald mean?)
   • dirty-minded (what does dirty-minded mean?)
   • filthy (what does filthy mean?)
   • foul (what does foul mean?)
   • nasty (what does nasty mean?)
   • smutty (what does smutty mean?)
   • foul-mouthed (what does foul-mouthed mean?)
   • foul-spoken (what does foul-spoken mean?)
   • lewd (what does lewd mean?)
   • obscene (what does obscene mean?)
   • raunchy (what does raunchy mean?)
   • salacious (what does salacious mean?)
   • scabrous (what does scabrous mean?)
   • scatological (what does scatological mean?)
   • blasphemous (what does blasphemous mean?)
   • blue (what does blue mean?)
   • profane (what does profane mean?)
   See Also
   • indecent (what does indecent mean?)
4. Meaning
   • spreading pollution or contamination
   • especially radioactive contamination
   Synonym(s)
   • contaminating (what does contaminating mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Antonym(s)
   • clean (what does clean mean?)
   • uncontaminating (what does uncontaminating mean?)
5. Meaning
   • unethical or dishonest
   Synonym(s)
   • sordid (what does sordid mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • dirty police officers
   • a sordid political campaign
   Similar To
   • corrupt (what does corrupt mean?)
6. Meaning
   • violating accepted standards or rules
   Synonym(s)
   • cheating(a) (what does cheating(a) mean?)
   • foul (what does foul mean?)
   • unsporting (what does unsporting mean?)
   • unsportsmanlike (what does unsportsmanlike mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a dirty fighter
   • used foul means to gain power
   • a nasty unsporting serve
   • fined for unsportsmanlike behavior
   Similar To
   • unfair (what does unfair mean?)
   • unjust (what does unjust mean?)
7. Meaning
   • expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
   Usage Example(s)
   • dirty looks
   Similar To
   • hostile (what does hostile mean?)
8. Meaning
   • obtained illegally or by improper means
   Synonym(s)
   • ill-gotten (what does ill-gotten mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • dirty money
   • ill-gotten gains
   Similar To
   • illegal (what does illegal mean?)
9. Meaning
   • (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
   Synonym(s)
   • foul (what does foul mean?)
   • marked-up (what does marked-up mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • foul (or dirty) copy
   Similar To
   • illegible (what does illegible mean?)
10. Meaning
    • vile
    • despicable
    Synonym(s)
    • filthy (what does filthy mean?)
    • lousy (what does lousy mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • a dirty (or lousy) trick
    • a filthy traitor
    Similar To
    • nasty (what does nasty mean?)
    • awful (what does awful mean?)
11. Meaning
    • (of color) discolored by impurities
    • not bright and clear
    Synonym(s)
    • dingy (what does dingy mean?)
    • muddied (what does muddied mean?)
    • muddy (what does muddy mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • 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
    Similar To
    • impure (what does impure mean?)
12. Meaning
    • contaminated with infecting organisms
    Synonym(s)
    • contaminated (what does contaminated mean?)
    • infected (what does infected mean?)
    • pestiferous (what does pestiferous mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • dirty wounds
    • obliged to go into infected rooms- Jane Austen
    Similar To
    • septic (what does septic mean?)