English Explanatory Dictionary

dirty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
  2. That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
  3. Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
  4. Dishonorable; violating accepted standards or rules.
  5. Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
  6. Out of tune.
  7. Of color, discolored by impurities.
  8. Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.
  9. Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
  10. Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
  11. Sleety; gusty; stormy.
  12. Of an alcoholic beverage, especially a cocktail or mixed drink: served with the juice of olives.
adv
  1. In a dirty manner.
verb
  1. To make (something) dirty.
  2. To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
  3. To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
  4. To become soiled.
noun
  1. Anything that is dirty.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɜːti/ En-uk-dirty.ogg /ˈdɝti/ [ˈdɝɾi] en-us-dirty.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-dirty.wav

Word forms

dirty dirtier dirtiest dorty more dirty most dirty dirties dirtying dirtied

Etymology

From Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German drēterich (“dirty”). See also drite.

Synonyms

filthy soiled sordid unclean unwashed befouled besmirched clarty cruddy dirtsome dirty foul grotty grubby horry icky lousy manky nasty seamy squalid sullied yucky indecent lewd obscene raunchy salacious cheating unsporting unsportsmanlike base dishonest dishonorable despicable mean unethical vile dingy dullish muddied muddy deceptively dirtily indecently underhandedly assoil beclart bedaub bedirty imbrue (especially with blood) bedizen befile befilth befoul begrime beray beshit besmear besmirch

Antonyms

clean clean as a bean clean as a hound's tooth clean as a new penny clean as a new pin clean as a whistle immaculate pristine spick-and-span spotless squeaky clean stainless unsoiled unsullied sportsmanlike bright pure neat make clean

Related words

unclean worsen

Derived words

air one's dirty laundry in public air one's dirty linen in public bedirty dirtily dirtiness dirtybadwrong dirty blond dirty blonde dirty bomb dirty bulk dirty bulking dirty business dirty chai dirty coal dirty code Dirty Creek dirty dairying dirty dance dirty dancing dirty delete dirty dozens dirty feed dirty finger dirty float dirty Gertie dirty girl dirty grease dirty-handed Dirty Harry dirty ice cream dirtyish dirty joke dirty kitchen dirty laundry dirty linen dirty look dirty magazine dirty martini dirty mind dirty minded dirty money dirty mouth dirty old man dirty pillow dirty pint dirty pool dirty power dirty protest dirty realism dirty rice dirty rush dirty Sanchez Dirty Shirley dirty snowball dirty soda dirty talk Dirty Thirties dirty thunderstorm dirty trick Dirty War

Translations

Afrikaans: vuil Armenian: կեղտոտ Asturian: gochu Asturian: puercu Bulgarian: циничен Bulgarian: неприличен Chinese Mandarin: 淫穢的 /淫秽的 Chinese Mandarin: 骯髒 /肮脏 Czech: sprostý Danish: beskidt Dutch: vuil Dutch: vulgair Dutch: obsceen Dutch: schunnig Finnish: tuhma Finnish: rivo Finnish: hävytön Finnish: säädytön Finnish: ruma French: cochon German: schmutzig German: dreckig German: vulgär German: obszön German: ordinär Greek: βρόμικος Hebrew: מלוכלך \ מְלֻכְלָךְ Hungarian: piszkos Ido: sordida Ido: perversa Irish: salach Irish: gáirsiúil Irish: cáidheach Italian: sporco Italian: indecente Jamaican Creole: dutty Northern Kurdish: pîs Ladino: murdar Lakota: šikšíl Latvian: netīrs Latvian: nešķīsts Latvian: neķītrs Lithuanian: nešvankus Lithuanian: nepadorus Malay: kotor Marathi: घाणेरडा Marathi: घाणेरडी Marathi: घाणेरडे Pashto: سخا Plautdietsch: orrein Plautdietsch: schmutzich Polish: sprośny Polish: nieprzyzwoity Polish: świński Portuguese: sujo Romanian: murdar Romanian: necuviincios Romanian: obscen Romanian: indecent Russian: гря́зный Russian: са́льный Russian: скабрёзный Slovene: umazan Spanish: verde Spanish: sucio Spanish: guarro Spanish: ordinario Spanish: indecente Spanish: lúbrico Spanish: lascivo Swedish: snuskig Turkish: müstehcen Venetan: onto Venetan: sporco Venetan: desconsà Vietnamese: tục tĩu Vietnamese: bậy Vietnamese: bậy bạ Yiddish: מיאוס
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on D Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary