dirty

dirty [dʉrt′ē]

adj.

dirtier, dirtiest [ME dritti]

1. soiled or soiling with dirt; unclean

2. causing one to be soiled with dirt [a dirty occupation]

3. lacking luster or brilliance; dull, grayish, etc. [a dirty green]

4. obscene; pornographic [dirty jokes]

5. given to lechery or lustful thoughts; prurient [a dirty mind, dirty old man]

6. disagreeable or contemptible; mean; nasty [a dirty coward]

7. unfair; dishonest; unsportsmanlike [a dirty player]

8. unkind; malicious or malevolent [dirty remarks ]

☆ 9. producing much fallout: said of nuclear weapons

10. revealing anger or irritation [a dirty look]

11. squally; rough [dirty weather ]

☆ 12. Slang rasping, reedy, rough, etc. in tone [a dirty trumpet]

vt., vi.

dirtied, dirtying

to make or become dirty; soil; tarnish; stain

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a dirty shame

a very unfortunate circumstance

dirtily

adv.

dirtiness

n.

SYN.- 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 ]; soiled generally suggests the presence of superficial dirt in an amount sufficient to impair cleanness or freshness [a soiled shirt ]; GRIMY suggests soot or granular dirt deposited on or ingrained in a surface [a miner with a grimy face ]; FILTHY is applied to that which is disgustingly dirty [filthy as a pigpen ]; FOUL implies extreme filth that is grossly offensive or loathsome because of its stench, putridity, or corruption [foul air ] -ANT. CLEAN