Dirty

/ˈdɝti/

Synonyms for "dirty" (508 found)

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Closest matches (102)

Verb(24 words)

begrime soil assoil beclart bedaub bedirty bedizen befile befilth befoul befouls bemire beray beshit besmear besmirch besully bewray blacken blot

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blur clat colly contaminate

Adjective(11 words)

filthy soiled unclean besmirch cheating contaminatecontaminated watercontaminating cruddier cruddiest cruddy

abject abominable abusive angry animal aphrodisiomaniacal arrant atrocious attaint bad barfy base base-minded bawdy beastly bedaub bedraggled befoul befouled beggarly

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Noun(2 words)

befouling besmirching

Strong matches (152)

crummy crusty cumuliform cumulous cursing cyclonic damnatory dark darken daub debased deceitful defile defiled degraded denunciatory depraved despicable dingy dirt

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Verb(15 words)

darken debase defame defile dirten elt file foil foul fowled grime grimed gunkgunk upinquinate

Adjective(17 words)

dingiest dingy dishonest dishonestly feculent filthier foul grimier grimiest grimy grubbiest grungiest ill-gotten immoralitalian valle soillousy mangiest

Noun(6 words)

dirt colored palettedirt covereddirt staineddirt surfacegrimes griming

Related words (254)

mangy mark mean measly messy mire miry miserable monstrous muckmuck upmucky muddy murk murky musty nasty naughty nebulous nefarious

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nimbose noisome nubilous nymphomaniacal obnoxious obscene odiousoff coloroffensive oozy outrageous overcast overclouded paltry paw perfidious petty plashy poky pollute polluted poor pornographic priapic profane prurient punk putrid rabelaisian racy raging rainy randy rank ratty raunchy raw reptilian resentful ribald risque rotten rough rude salacious satyric scabby scabrous scatologic scatological scorch scrubby scruffy scummy scurrile scurrilous scurvy sear sensual sexual sexy shabby shitty shoddy singe slabby slatternly sleazy slime slobby sloppy sloshy sloughy slovenly slubber sludgy slur slushy small smear smirch smirched smirchy smoke smoking-room smoky smooch smudge smudged smudgy smutchy smutty snuffy soft soil soiled soily soot sooty sordid splashy sposhy spotted spotty squalid squally squashy squelchy squishy stagnant stain stained stigmatize stinking stinky storming stormy stratiform stratous suggestive sullied sully sultry taboo taint tainted tar tarnish tempestuous thunderheaded tornadic treacherous turbid turbulent typhonic typhoonish unchaste unclean uncleanly underhanded unfair unmentionable unprintable unrepeatable unscrupulous unsporting unsportsmanlike untidy unwashed vile villainous vituperative vomity vulgar wild windy wrathful wretched yecchy

Adjective(36 words)

marked-up mess muddied muddy pestiferous pollutepolluting airraw sewagesandy danish soilscrimy scummiest scuzzier scuzziest scuzzy seamier shoddy skanky smear smuttiest soil

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soiled shirtsordid squalider squalidest stain sully taint unethical unethically unfairly unhygienic unsanitary unscrupulously unsporting unsportsmanlike unswept

Verb(19 words)

mucked scungesling mudslotter slur smear smirch smudge smut smutch soss sowl spot stain sullies sullow sully tarnish uggle

Noun(20 words)

mudnon danish soilslatternssoil color examplesoil compositionsoil compositionssoil easilysoil frostsoil materialsoil moundsoil muddyingsoil phsoil productsoil samplesoil surfacesoil the carpetsoil the clothessoil the product samplesoiler splashessoiling

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

16 entries

adverb alter changechange of statecondition contamination damage defamation immoralitymanner adverbmodify pollution statetransitive verbuncleannessunethical conduct

More specific

16 entries

cheating contaminate corruption dishonestly filthy fraud grimy muddy pollute smear soil soiled stain sully taint unscrupulously

Collocations

9 entries

dirty clothesdirty dishesdirty handsdirty laundrydirty lookdirty roomdirty secretdirty trickdirty water

Inflections

7 entries

dirtied dirtier dirties dirtiest dirtyingmore dirtymost dirty

Derivations

4 entries

dirtily dirtiness dirtying dirtyish

Antonyms

2 entries

clean

similar

68 entries

Augean awful bawdy bedraggled befouled begrimed black blasphemous blue buggy cobwebby corrupt cruddy dingy dirty-faced dirty-minded

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Translations

79 translations across 38 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

vuil adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Armenian

1 entries

կեղտոտ adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Asturian

2 entries

gochu adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
puercu adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Bulgarian

2 entries

неприличен adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
циничен adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

淫穢的 /淫秽的 adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
骯髒 /肮脏 adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Czech

1 entries

sprostý adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Danish

1 entries

beskidt adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Dutch

4 entries

obsceen adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
schunnig adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
vuil adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
vulgair adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Finnish

4 entries

hävytön adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
rivo adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
ruma adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
säädytön adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

French

1 entries

cochon adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

German

4 entries

dreckig adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
obszön adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
ordinär adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
schmutzig adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Greek

1 entries

βρόμικος adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Hebrew

1 entries

מלוכלך \ מְלֻכְלָךְ adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Hungarian

1 entries

piszkos adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Ido

2 entries

perversa adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
sordida adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Irish

3 entries

cáidheach adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
gáirsiúil adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
salach adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Italian

2 entries

indecente adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
sporco adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Jamaican Creole

1 entries

dutty adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Ladino

1 entries

murdar adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Lakota

1 entries

šikšíl adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Latvian

3 entries

netīrs adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
neķītrs adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
nešķīsts adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Lithuanian

2 entries

nepadorus adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
nešvankus adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Malay

1 entries

kotor adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Marathi

3 entries

घाणेरडा adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
घाणेरडी adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
घाणेरडे adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

pîs adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Pashto

1 entries

سخا adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

orrein adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
schmutzich adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Polish

3 entries

nieprzyzwoity adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
sprośny adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
świński adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Portuguese

1 entries

sujo adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Romanian

4 entries

indecent adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
murdar adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
necuviincios adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
obscen adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Russian

3 entries

гря́зный adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
са́льный adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
скабрёзный adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Slovene

1 entries

umazan adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Spanish

4 entries

guarro adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
indecente adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
lascivo adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
lúbrico adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Swedish

1 entries

snuskig adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Turkish

1 entries

müstehcen adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Venetan

3 entries

desconsà adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
onto adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
sporco adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Vietnamese

3 entries

bậy adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
bậy bạ adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)
tục tĩu adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Yiddish

1 entries

מיאוס adj (morally unclean, obscene or indecent)

Sample sentences

39 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He exclaimed, "What a dirty face you have!"

Source: tatoeba (24894)

Please clean the dirty floor.

Source: tatoeba (25714)

Never rub your eyes with dirty hands.

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You may take the book home so long as you don't get it dirty.

Source: tatoeba (25716)

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