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1. (adj.) dirty
soiled with dirt; foul; unclean.
2. dirty
spreading or imparting dirt; soiling:
dirty smoke.
3. dirty
vile; mean; sordid; contemptible:
a dirty scoundrel.
4. dirty
obscene; pornographic; lewd.
5. dirty
undesirable or unpleasant; thankless:
You left the dirty work for me.
6. dirty
very unfortunate or regrettable:
That's a dirty shame!
7. dirty
not fair or sportsmanlike; unscrupulous:
a dirty fighter.
8. dirty
hostile or resentful:
to give someone a dirty look.
9. dirty
(of a nuclear weapon) producing a relatively large amount of radioactive fallout.
10. dirty
(of the weather) stormy; squally.
11. dirty
obtained through illegal or disreputable means:
dirty money.
12. dirty
appearing as if soiled; dingy; murky.
13. (v.i.) dirty
to make or become dirty.
14. (adv.) dirty
Informal. in a mean, unscrupulous, or underhand way.
15. dirty
Informal. in a lewd manner:
to talk dirty.
Etymology: (1520–30)
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| Definition of 'dirty' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) dirty, soiled, unclean
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
"dirty unswept sidewalks"; "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. (adj) dirty
(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
"dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth"
3. (adj) dirty, filthy, lousy
vile; despicable
"a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"
4. (adj) dirty, contaminating
spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
"the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout"
5. (adj) dirty, pestiferous
contaminated with infecting organisms
"dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
6. (adj) dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy
(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
"dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair"
7. (adj) dirty, foul, marked-up
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
"foul (or dirty) copy"
8. (adj) dirty, ill-gotten
obtained illegally or by improper means
"dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"
9. (adj) dirty
expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
"dirty looks"
10. (adj) cheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
violating accepted standards or rules
"a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
11. (adj) dirty, sordid
unethical or dishonest
"dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"
12. (verb) dirty
unpleasantly stormy
"there's dirty weather in the offing"
13. (verb) dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
make soiled, filthy, or dirty
"don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
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1. (adjective) dirty
not clean
dirty water; dirty socks/clothes
2. dirty
sexual, sometimes in offensive way
dirty jokes
3. dirty
dishonest, immoral; = corrupt
dirty politics
4. dirty
a dirty look
a disapproving or unkind look
My brother gave me a dirty look.
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| Definition of 'dirty' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. dirty
defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white
2. dirty
sullied; clouded; -- applied to color
3. dirty
sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow
4. dirty
sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather
5. (verb) dirty
to foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands
6. (verb) dirty
to tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc
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Sense: not clean
dirty clothes.
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 Afrikaans: vuil |
 Arabic: قَذِر |
 Bulgarian: мръсен |
 Brazilian: sujo |
 Czech: špinavý |
 German: schmutzig |
 Danish: beskidt |
 Greek: βρόμικος |
 Spanish: sucio |
 Estonian: määrdunud |
 Farsi: کثیف |
 Finnish: likainen |
 French: sale |
 Hebrew: מְלוּכלָך |
 Hindi: गन्दा, गन्दे कपड़े |
 Croatian: prljav |
 Hungarian: piszkos |
 Indonesian: kotor |
 Icelandic: skítugur |
 Italian: sporco |
 Japanese: よごれた |
 Korean: 더러운 |
 Lithuanian: nešvarus |
 Latvian: netīrs |
 Malay: kotor |
 Dutch: vuil |
 Norwegian: skitten, lurvet |
 Polish: brudny |
 Persian: کثیف |
 Pashto: چټل |
 Portuguese: sujo |
 Romanian: murdar |
 Russian: грязный |
 Slovak: špinavý |
 Slovenian: umazan |
 Serbian: prljav |
 Swedish: smutsig |
 Thai: สกปรก |
 Turkish: pis, kirli |
 Taiwanese: 髒的 |
 Ukrainian: брудний |
 Urdu: میلا |
 Vietnamese: bẩn |
 Chinese: 脏的 |
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