Dirty — synonyms, dirty antonyms, definition

1. dirty (a) Brit

Cimmerian abject amoral base bawdy bedraggled bemired black blemished clouded common contaminated contemptible cowardly crude dark defiled degraded depraved despicable • • •

2. dirty (Verb) Brit

begrime bemire besmirch blemish blot colly contaminate debase defile degrade discolour disgrace foul grime mess muddy poison pollute smear smudge • • • clean

dirty (Verb) — Make soiled, filthy, or dirty. ex. "don't dirty your clothes when you play outside!"

alter change modify blemish contaminate crock foul mire muck muck up mud muddy muddy up pollute slime smear splash spot

3. dirty (US) Brit

bleach discolor fade smear tarnish

4. dirty (Adjective) Brit

cheating contaminating cruddy ill-gotten lousy marked-up misbegotten muddied pestiferous unsporting unsportsmanlike clean

dirty (Adjective) — Not clean, or likely to soil with dirt or grime. ex. "dirty unswept pavements" ex. "a child in dirty overalls" ex. "dirty slums" ex. "piles of dirty dishes" ex. "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet" ex. "mining is a dirty job" ex. "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

dirty (Adjective) — (of behaviour or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency. ex. "dirty words" ex. "a dirty old man" ex. "dirty books and movies" ex. "boys telling dirty jokes" ex. "has a dirty mouth"

dirty (Adjective) — Vile; despicable. ex. "a dirty trick"

dirty (Adjective) — Spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination. ex. "the air near the foundry was always dirty" ex. "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout"

dirty (Adjective) — Contaminated with infecting organisms. ex. "dirty wounds"

dirty (Adjective) — (of colour) discoloured by impurities; not bright and clear. ex. "dirty" ex. "a dirty white" ex. "dirty-green walls" ex. "dirty-blonde hair"

dirty (Adjective) — (of a manuscript) defaced with changes. ex. "dirty copy"

dirty (Adjective) — Obtained illegally or by improper means. ex. "dirty money"

dirty (Adjective) — Expressing or revealing hostility or dislike. ex. "dirty looks"

dirty (Adjective) — Violating accepted standards or rules. ex. "a dirty fighter"

dirty (Adjective) — Unethical or dishonest. ex. "dirty police officers"

dirty (Adjective) — Unpleasantly stormy. ex. "there's dirty weather in the offing"

cleanness

5. dirty (Adverb) Brit

below the belt enormously exceedingly extremely hugely rattling real really staggeringly thoroughly tremendously unfairly very

dirty (Adverb) — In an unfair manner.

dirty (Adverb) — Used as an intensifier.