dirty
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1.0
- adjective
- /ˈdɜrti/
- I need to wash my hands because they are dirty from gardening.
- dirty clothes
- get dirty
- dirty hands
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Watch on YouTubeIt it smells and tastes like dirty, moldy socks to me.
- It it smells and tastes like dirty, moldy socks to me.
- It smells like one of those dirty bathrooms that's been cleaned.
- In the other, they feel icky, they feel dirty, they feel spoiled.
- And I'm sitting on that dirty floor of that Scotsky wagon.
- Those cabinets are fucking dusty, dirty and scary as shit.
- It'd be like nasty, just dirty milk, like Milky slums.
Examples
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This city itself was shabby, dirty, declining, angry.
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This just looks like a dirty beach.
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This one is quite dirty, but I think it may work.
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Usually these places are so dirty.
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This is really very dirty like it smells.
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My house isn't as dirty as it usually is.
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Bill Weisler picked up the bit of tape from the dirty floor of the back room.
Fiction book (1990) -
Why is the school cafeteria dirty and your dining room at home so clean?
Academic text (1999) -
My boots are from Ash and they look really dirty, but that's OK.
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The client's home may be unpleasant, dirty, and lacking in adequate care facilities.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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2.3
Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted
204
1.0
Not tidy or clean, with things in the wrong place
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4.7
Something that becomes unsafe because it touches something dirty or harmful
115
1.5
Very dirty and covered with mud or dirt
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1.0
Having a layer of dust that makes it look dirty
75
1.1
Covered in mud and hard to walk on
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2.7
Very dirty and bad to touch or smell
26
2.5
Not clean because it has mud or grease on it
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3.7
Covered in thick dirt that makes something look and feel dirty
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1.4
Dirty and needing to be cleaned
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3.7
Not clean and likely to cause illness
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1.3
Dirty and covered in dust, food, or grease
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1.0
Not washed with soap and water
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3.2
Dirty and covered in mud
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4.8
Not clean and likely to make people sick
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4.5
Dirty and covered with tiny living things that can make you sick
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4.3
Not washed recently and looking dirty
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5.7
Not cleaned and may have germs or dirt
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8.2
Covered thickly with dark dirt or soot
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3.7
Covered all over with dirt or mud
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
1
7.9
To talk about private, embarrassing things in front of other people
Compounds
- NSFW
25
7.7
A weapon that explodes and spreads radioactive material to contaminate an area, not a nuclear bomb
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6.0
Secret dishonest actions that harm or make someone look bad, often in politics and business
- Offensive
10
8.4
An older man who makes sexual comments or touches younger people when they do not want him to
- Offensive
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9.2
A secret campaign by a government against suspected opponents using kidnapping, torture, and murder
- Informal
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7.9
Private family or personal matters that embarrass people if the public finds out
- Offensive
A short secret trip for a romantic or sexual meeting, often an affair
How Dirty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dirty comes from the old English word dirt, which meant 'filth' or 'excrement'. So dirty originally meant 'covered with dirt', which is why we use it for things that are not clean.