dirty
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2.0
- adjective
- /ˈdɜrti/
- In contrast, the Midway Plaisance, which represented Eastern cultures, garishly displayed strange, brutish passions and customs in the midst of dirty, crowded spaces.
- dirty weather
- dirty air
- dirty clouds
Examples
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Wet, dirty, miserable.
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The sun, which had been a pallid smudge under dirty clouds, now disappeared.
Fiction book (1990) -
The sky has a very dirty look to it.
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January, February, March: dirty weather up your way.
Fiction book (2000) -
Driving through it was like slicing through fog on a dirty river.
Fiction book (1999) -
but there's dirty weather knockin' about.
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Of the 18 hoods judged "very dirty" by the researcher, only three were noted by the inspecting sanitarians.
Academic text (2004) -
We couldn't go outside because of the dirty weather that was forecasted for the weekend.
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The storm left us with dirty skies and scattered debris all around the neighborhood.
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It's difficult to enjoy the beach when the forecast predicts such dirty conditions.
Synonyms
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1.0
Very dirty and covered with things that smell bad
125
1.0
Having a lot of rain
75
1.1
Covered in mud and hard to walk on
19
4.6
Dark and dirty so it does not look bright
3
3.2
Dirty and covered in mud
1
2.8
Weather with many short periods of rain
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
22
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
2
9.2
A secret campaign by a government against suspected opponents using kidnapping, torture, and murder
- Informal
1
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 Stormy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dirty weather means stormy or unpleasant weather because people compared rough skies and seas to things made 'muddy' or 'soiled'. So dirty weather is weather you do not want to be out in.