filthy
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4.1
- adjective
- /ˈfɪlθi/
:
repugnante
- But to call these men filthy ("sporchi") is at once to raise the possibility of contamination.
- call someone filthy
This is all about love, and don't you forget it, you filthy thieving immigrants.
- This is all about love, and don't you forget it, you filthy thieving immigrants.
- And then we have people in our party who say that obstructionism is the key to patriotism and that compromise is a filthy word.
- That's their ideal, but without any mysteries or lofty sadness, just the lust for power, for filthy earthly lucre, enslavement.
- I've got the idea of being this, this beautiful soul who rises above, you know, filthy lucre and pleasure seeking or egoism or anything like that.
Examples
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And I asked him how on earth does he sleep at night with so much blood on his filthy, privileged hands.
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Only rich people can afford to be this filthy.
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Your filthy society will never get rid of people like us!
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You watched him put his filthy hands on her... and you ran away.
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It's such a filthy habit.
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The desert is clean and wholesome, they say, while the city is filthy and full of evil.
Academic text (1992) -
Your entire show is filthy and you owe all of womankind an apology.
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And with his death, he paid out our debt to God for all that filthy, disgusting, murderous sin.
Fiction book (1998) -
I was the widow staring fascinated into the filthy depths of my psyche.
Fiction book (1995) -
His filthy remarks about her appearance shocked everyone at the party.
Synonyms
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1.3
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
282
1.0
Very dirty and covered with things that smell bad
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2.3
Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted
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4.9
Very bad or offensive in a moral way
160
1.0
Very bad and unpleasant to experience
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5.0
Very bad and morally wrong
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5.7
Very bad in a way that makes people feel strong dislike and disgust
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7.8
Very bad and cruel in the way someone behaves
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7.8
Very unpleasant and morally wrong to most people
30
2.7
Very dirty and bad to touch or smell
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7.2
Something people think is morally wrong or dishonest
24
7.2
Very bad or morally wrong so people strongly dislike it
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7.7
Causing strong dislike or disgust because people see it as morally wrong
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6.5
Being rude and indecent in words or behaviour
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6.0
Not morally clean because it is corrupt or obscene
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7.7
Causing strong disgust or hatred in people
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9.7
Very dirty, smelly and unpleasant to touch or be near
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7.1
Very bad in a moral way and deserving strong blame
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8.0
Very dishonest or cruel in a way that makes people feel disgusted
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8.6
Dirty and unpleasant, like a place with sticky floors
Very bad and of little value
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making people feel sick
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How Despicable
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Morphology
Etymology
Filthy grew from filth meaning 'dirt' to a moral image of being 'dirty' in behaviour, so calling someone filthy means you see their actions as morally awful or despicable.