Dirty synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
Unpleasantly cold or wet:
Covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty.
Not raised or leavened.
(--- Chiefly Southern US) Rude:
(Of a situation) Difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
calm (related)
Without wind or motion; still; quiet
attack (related)
The definition of attack is to make an attempt to hurt someone or something (physically or verbally), to destroy someone or something, to impact someone or something in a dangerous manner, or to forcibly take someone or something.
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The definition of spoil is to destroy something, to diminish the character of something, to overindulge someone, or to go bad and become unusable or inedible.
feculent
Containing, or having the nature of, feces
Containing dirt
Covered with or full of grime; very dirty
Referring to something that has received an infection
The definition of unsanitary is someone or something that is not clean or that does not meet standards for cleanliness.
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Containing dirt
The definition of bawdy is something gross, indecent or overly graphic.
To dash or scatter a liquid substance, mud, etc. on, so as to wet or soil
Broad; general:
(Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
Consisting of or covered with slop; wet and splashy; muddy; slushy
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Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible.
Being in loose disarray; unkempt, as hair or clothing.
Not sightly; not pleasant to look at; ugly
Characteristic of or fit for a slattern
Containing dirt
Spread around in a chaotic and disorganized manner.
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Common; plebeian:
Not combed:
Coated with rust, as a metal, or affected with the disease of rust, as a plant
stercoraceous
Consisting of, resembling or pertaining to feces.
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Characterized by violent emotions or actions; tumultuous:
spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
Timeworn; stale:
Wretched; miserable; sordid
Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
Characterized by violence or crime:
Untidy, as in dress or appearance.
Very forceful:
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Untamed; not domesticated.
To polish with blacking
To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food.
To darken; obscure; threaten
decent (related)
(Of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
clean (related)
In a clean or nonpolluting manner:
Discoloured by spots; stained.
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Contaminated, specif. with harmful chemicals, waste material, etc.
flyspecked
Covered with flyspecks.
Confused; stupid; incoherent; vague.
(Colloquial) Obscene, pornographic.
Darkened, clouded, or blurry:
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The definition of dingy is something kind of dirty, gloomy or dull.
unlaundered
That has not been laundered.
Not salable; unmerchantable.
Paltry or shabby:
Unpleasantly sticky or gluey
Contemptible; despicable:
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The definition of raunchy is someone or something that is vulgar and often sexually explicit, or something of poor quality or appearance.
Disreputable; sleazy:
(Slang) Unpleasant, disgusting, etc.
To cover with a layer, as of paint.
(Intransitive) To become spread by smearing.
To paint coarsely or unskillfully
To spill or spread in a spot or stain.
To smear or stain without obliterating; blot; smudge
make dusty
To contaminate the reputation of
(Intransitive)To become black.
To fill (an orchard or an inhabited area) with dense smoke from a smudge pot in order to prevent damage from frost or to repel insects.
To make dirty; smudge
drabble
(Intransitive) To fish with a long line and rod.
To become wet and muddy by being dragged.
give a black eye to
sling (or throw) mud on
Containing dirt
Containing dirt
Soiled with smut
Containing dirt
Shabby or cheap:
heap dirt upon
To contaminate the reputation of
To spoil by poor work or poor performance; bungle
To ornament garishly; to overdecorate.
To mark with specks
sweat up
To contaminate the reputation of
To cover or mark with blotches
To strike or land on in a dispersed way:
To cast aspersions upon; speak badly of.
Corrupt means to destroy someone's honesty or hurt someone's morals.
Taint is defined as to make something decay or cause it to be impure.
The definition of contaminate is to infect, corrupt or make impure.
Rot is defined as to decay or decompose.
(Biology) To break down into component parts; rot.
Any of various fungi that often form a fuzzy growth (called a mycelium ) on the surface of organic matter. Some molds cause food to spoil, but others are beneficial, such as those used to make certain cheeses and those from which antibiotics like penicillin are developed. The molds do not form a distinct phylogenetic grouping but belong to various phyla including the ascomycetes and the zygomycetes.
make impure
To contaminate the reputation of
(Intransitive) To clown around; to have fun, often at the expense of others.
sanitary (antonym)
The definition of sanitary is the state of being clean and free from infection or disease.
spotless (antonym)
Free from flaw or imperfection; impeccable:
tidy (antonym)
(Informal) Adequate; satisfactory:
cleanse (antonym)
To treat with a regimen intended to remove impurities and promote health:
lewd (related)
Showing, or intended to excite, lust or sexual desire, esp. in an offensive way; lascivious
ribald (related)
The definition of ribald is something that references sexual matters in a bawdy or humorous way.
ruthless (related)
Having or showing no pity; merciless; relentless
Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
Containing dirt
Containing dirt
Containing dirt
(Obs.) Contemptuous
daggletailed
Containing dirt
Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile.
Lacking respect or ethical principles
(--- Baseball) Outside the foul lines:
So unclean as to be a likely cause of disease:
Highly offensive; sickening, abominable
Of extremely poor quality; atrocious or contemptible:
saprogenic
Causing or resulting from putrefaction
Dishonest or corrupt; disreputable:
The definition of sordid is something dirty, squalid or morally distasteful.
Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
Unpleasant or objectionable:
A center of moral corruption
The property of being filthy
The definition of a hovel is a small shelter, or a low, open shed.
immundity
putridity
The state of being putrid.
(Countable) The result or product of being sordid.
squalidity
The quality or state of being squalid; foulness; filthiness.
The quality or condition of being squalid; filth and wretchedness
To spoil by adding impurities.
The number that is raised to various powers to generate the principal counting units of a number system. The base of the decimal system, for example, is 10.
To cause to sink into mud.
To profane or sully
At a small price:
Stain is defined as to dirty, dishonor or to apply some sort of coloring.
To defile; taint:
moral (antonym)
Of or concerned with the judgment of right or wrong of human action and character:
pure (antonym)
Free of dirt, pollutants, infectious agents, or other unwanted elements:
sterile (antonym)
Lacking the power to function; not productive or effective; fruitless:
fair (antonym)
Light in color, especially blond:
nice (antonym)
Having a pleasant or attractive appearance:
sterilize (antonym)
(Economics) To place (gold) in safekeeping so as not to affect the supply of money or credit.
purify (antonym)
Purify means to make something clean or free from impurities.
Of a barnyard
Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture.
Vulgar; obscene; scurrilous
Not initiated into the inner mysteries or esoteric knowledge of something
Offensive to accepted standards of decency
Relating to scatology, the usage of obscenities.
Given to the use of vulgar, coarse, or abusive language.
Volatile, very active or unpredictable.
Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms
The definition of tumultuous is having great disturbance, uproar, chaos or noise.
Characterized by disorder, commotion, or unrest:
To besmirch is to dirty or spoil something or to damage someone's reputation
To denigrate is to belittle or attack someone's reputation.
To affect (a plant) with smut fungus.
Unfair, or not sportsmanlike
Obtained improperly or illegally.
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
Morally evil or deadly; pernicious.
To cover with black dirt or soot; begrime.
low-thoughted
Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects
slobby
That squelches, or makes a squelching sound
smelly (related)
scummy (related)
horrid (related)
sweaty (related)
manky (related)
stinking (related)
undusted
Not dusted
Depicting something in detail, usually unnecessarily.
To cover or coat with or as if with a crust:
Not respectable, lacking repute; discreditable
evilhearted
Synonym Study
- Foul implies extreme filth that is grossly offensive or loathsome because of its stench, putridity, or corruption foul air
- Filthy is applied to that which is disgustingly dirty filthy as a pigpen
- Grimy suggests soot or granular dirt deposited on or ingrained in a surface a miner with a grimy face
- ?soiled generally suggests the presence of superficial dirt in an amount sufficient to impair cleanness or freshness a soiled shirt
- Dirty is applied to that which is covered or filled with any kind of dirt and is the broadest of these terms a dirty face, a dirty room
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