- dirty
- dirty [dʉrt′ē]adj.dirtier, dirtiest [ME dritti]1. soiled or soiling with dirt; unclean2. 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 weapons10. 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, dirtyingto make or become dirty; soil; tarnish; stain——————a dirty shamea very unfortunate circumstancedirtilyadv.dirtinessn.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
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.