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Dirty

adjective

(compar. dirtier; superl. dirtiest)

1.

Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime. Synonyms: soiled, unclean. "A child in dirty overalls" , "Dirty slums" , "Piles of dirty dishes" , "Put his dirty feet on the clean sheet" , "Wore an unclean shirt" , "Mining is a dirty job" , "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

2.

(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency. "A dirty old man" , "Dirty books and movies" , "Boys telling dirty jokes" , "Has a dirty mouth"

3.

Vile; despicable. Synonyms: filthy, lousy. "A filthy traitor"

4.

Spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination. Synonym: contaminating. "A dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout"

5.

Contaminated with infecting organisms. Synonym: pestiferous. "Obliged to go into infected rooms"

6.

(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear. Synonyms: dingy, muddied, muddy. "A dirty (or dingy) white" , "The muddied grey of the sea" , "Muddy colors" , "Dirty-green walls" , "Dirty-blonde hair"

7.

(of a manuscript) defaced with changes. Synonyms: foul, marked-up.

8.

Obtained illegally or by improper means. Synonym: ill-gotten. "Ill-gotten gains"

9.

Expressing or revealing hostility or dislike.

10.

Violating accepted standards or rules. Synonyms: cheating, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike. "Used foul means to gain power" , "A nasty unsporting serve" , "Fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"

11.

Unethical or dishonest. Synonym: sordid. "A sordid political campaign"

12.

Unpleasantly stormy.

verb

(past & past part. dirtied; pres. part. dirtying)

1.

Make soiled, filthy, or dirty. Synonyms: begrime, bemire, colly, grime, soil.

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"Dirty" Quotes from Famous Books

... ma'am, they done that. And it ain't the first time they done it, either . . . nor the last. And they've bought juries . . . and judges, too, I reckon . . . there ain't much work of a dirty sort that the Empire Steel Company ain't tried in this city . . . and you can bet their smart young lawyers know all the game! I'm sorry for you, lady . . . you're white, and I'd be glad to help you. But I've seen too much of the company and its ways, and I won't lie ...

— The Second-Story Man • Upton Sinclair

... miserable little hovel, built on the edge of a wide and desolate common, lived a poor widow woman, who had two sons. The eldest of them was quite young, and the least was scarcely more than an infant. They were dressed in torn and dirty rags, for the widow had no better clothes to put upon them; and often they were very hungry and very cold, for she had not food or fire with which to feed and warm them. No one taught the biggest boy any thing; and as for the poor mother, ...

— The Rocky Island - and Other Similitudes • Samuel Wilberforce

... in greater care of his person, but in the splendor of his jewels. One of his first purchases is a diamond-pin, which he sticks in his shirt-front, but he never sees any connection of an aesthetic kind between the linen and the pin, and will wear the latter in a very dirty shirt-front as cheerfully as in a clean one—in fact, more cheerfully, as he has a vague feeling that by showing it he atones for or excuses the condition of the linen. In fact, the Short-Hair view of dress would be found on examination ...

— Reflections and Comments 1865-1895 • Edwin Lawrence Godkin

... Plagues of Egyp' we was chasin' Arabi, Gettin' down an' shovin' in the sun; An' you might 'ave called us dirty, an' you might ha' called us dry, An' you might 'ave 'eard us talkin' at the gun. But the Captain 'ad 'is jacket, an' the jacket it was new— ('Orse-Gunners, listen to my song!) An' the wettin' of the jacket is the proper thing ...

— The Seven Seas • Rudyard Kipling

... A dirty-faced clock on the wall told Betty that it was within twenty minutes of the time their train was due. However, they were within sight of the station, so, provided Bob was quickly waited upon, there was no reason to worry about missing ...

— Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil - The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune • Alice B. Emerson

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