dirty
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2.1
- adjective
- /ˈdɜrti/
- A teenager in a dirty denim jacket lounged against one of the pillars.
- dirty gray
- dirty dark gray
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- And lastly, a very dirty grey colour called Smoke.
- It's a really pretty pinky, dirty pink nude, peachy dirty pink nude shade.
- Let's just call it, let's call it dirty grey.
- This is the Kylie matte liquid lipstick and lip liner in Dirty Peach.
- It can make your cheeks look very dirty quickly.
Examples
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The walls of the Indochine had all been painted a dirty yellow, shiny, so they always looked wet.
Academic text (2007) -
And just with the first pass, you can see just how dirty this painting is.
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Looking out a dirty, old window
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The car was white, the color of dirty snow in March.
Fiction book (1997) -
And you can see just in this one small area how dirty this painting is.
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Kind of like a dirty blonde kind of color.
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Adds Graves: "Because it's a dirty environment, it's important to keep it simple."
Academic text (2000) -
The air had turned the color of dirty snow, the low-hanging clouds erecting a bunker around the sun.
Fiction book (1999) -
Dark-curtained windows block the sunlight; a dirty fish tank casts a green glow across the beat-up furniture.
Fiction book (1999) -
The artist chose a dirty green for the background to give it a muted effect.
Synonyms
74
2.6
Marked or colored by something that is hard to remove
19
4.6
Dark and dirty so it does not look bright
7
3.5
A thing that has lost its color, often with stains
6
2.7
A dull, unclear color that looks mixed and lifeless
5
4.4
A color or object that has lost brightness and looks pale
2
8.0
Faded or pale in color, not bright
2
4.8
A dull pale brown color like light brown hair
1
5.0
A color made less bright because it has dirt or other colors mixed in
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 Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dirty used for a color means it is not bright or clear because it looks mixed with 'dirt' or gray. A 'dirty' white or green is a dull, not-pure shade.