filthy
183
1.5
- adjective
- /ˈfɪlθi/
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- Thousands of Indonesians mentally ill, kept shackled, some in filthy cells, many for years on end.
- filthy living conditions
- filthy clothes
- filthy water
Your hands, they're disgusting, they're filthy, so you wash them.
- Your hands, they're disgusting, they're filthy, so you wash them.
- This is the part where this apron is going to get filthy because beets.
- So we throw them in the back of this filthy pickup truck, Toyota Cherry, it was called.
- I can see myself in that great coat, soaking wet, filthy.
- When I arrived in Cairo, it was dirty and crowded and just filthy.
- When you do change it, it's filthy, right?
- He he had a a, a jacket was in, in, in, in, in racks, filthy.
Examples
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But it was it was a filthy, nasty, unkept place to be.
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Most are underfed, mistreated, kept in filthy living conditions, and have never been to school.
Academic text (2008) -
When you do change it, it's filthy, right?
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I was like, I just feel filthy all the time.
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It's why most people playing this game are doing it in their filthy apartment that they refuse to clean.
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No one had any idea of how filthy some doctors and lawyers could be.
Fiction book (1990) -
After 10 minutes, I'm soaked and filthy, and feeling more than a little claustrophobic.
Academic text (2009) -
The interior, despite the dismal nature of the filthy street outside, was clean and warmly lit.
Fiction book (1992) -
Clothing scraped against a filthy wall as this new pursuer stepped closer.
Fiction book (1992) -
After playing in the rain, the children came inside with their clothes completely filthy from the muddy ground.
Synonyms
531
1.3
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
525
1.0
Not clean or covered with dirt
282
1.0
Very dirty and covered with things that smell bad
280
2.3
Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted
233
1.0
Not tidy or clean, with things in the wrong place
157
5.0
Very bad and morally wrong
100
1.0
Having a layer of dust that makes it look dirty
73
1.1
Covered in mud and hard to walk on
30
2.7
Very dirty and bad to touch or smell
26
3.8
Very bad or of poor quality
23
4.6
Dark and dirty so it does not look bright
22
3.7
Covered in thick dirt that makes something look and feel dirty
16
3.7
Not clean and likely to cause illness
9
7.1
Very dirty and unpleasant because of poverty or neglect
7
1.3
Dirty and covered in dust, food, or grease
7
3.2
Dirty and covered in mud
3
4.8
Not clean and likely to make people sick
2
5.6
Covered with a thin dirty film on the surface
1
2.5
Not clean because it has mud or grease on it
Covered thickly with dark dirt or soot
A place or surface that is wet, muddy and looks dirty and messy
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Etymology
Filthy comes from the old English word filth meaning 'dirt' and is related to the word foul, so it originally described something that is literally 'very dirty' or covered in grime.