dirty
English
Adjective
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Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
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That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
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Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
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Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.
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Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
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Out of tune.
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Of color, discolored by impurities.
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(computing) Containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory.
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(slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
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(informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
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Sleety; gusty; stormy.
* M. Arnold
- Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea.
* (Douglas Adams),
- Rain type 17 was a dirty blatter battering against his windscreen so hard that it didn't make much odds whether he had his wipers on or off.
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Synonyms
* (covered with or containing dirt) filthy, soiled, sordid, unclean, unwashed; see also
* (violating accepted standards or rules) cheating, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
* (obtained illegally or by improper means) ill-gotten
* (considered morally corrupt) base, dishonest, dishonorable, filthy, despicable, lousy, mean, sordid, unethical, vile
* (considered obscene or indecent) indecent, lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious
* dingy, dullish, muddied, muddy
Antonyms
* (covered with or containing dirt) clean
* (violating accepted standards or rules) sportsmanlike
* bright, pure
Derived terms
* dirtiness
* dirty bomb
* dirty code
* dirty dance
* dirty dancing
* dirty girl
* dirty grease
* Dirty Harry
* dirty joke
* dirty laundry
* dirty look
* dirty magazine
* dirty mouth
* dirty old man
* dirty rice
* dirty Sanchez
* dirty talk
* dirty weather
* dirty word
* dirty work
* dirty wound
* do someone dirty
* filthy dirty
* quick-and-dirty
* quick and dirty
Synonyms
* (in a dirty manner) deceptively, dirtily, indecently, underhandedly
Derived terms
* talk dirty
Verb
(en-verb)
To make (something) dirty.
To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
To become soiled.
Synonyms
* (to make dirty) soil, taint; see also
* (to stain or tarnish with dishonor) sully
