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dirty
[dur-tee]
adjective
soiled with dirt; foul; unclean.
dirty laundry.
Synonyms: ,spreading or imparting dirt; soiling.
dirty smoke.
vile; mean; sordid; contemptible.
to play a dirty trick on someone.
Synonyms: , , , ,obscene; pornographic; indecent.
a dirty joke.
Synonyms: , , , ,undesirable or unpleasant; thankless.
He left the dirty work for me.
very unfortunate or regrettable.
That's a dirty shame!
not fair or sportsmanlike; unscrupulous.
a dirty fighter.
hostile, insulting, contemptuous, or resentful.
She gave me a dirty look.
He made a dirty crack about the cooking.
(of a nuclear weapon) producing a relatively large amount of radioactive fallout.
(of the weather) stormy; squally.
It looks dirty to windward.
Synonyms: , , ,Informal.obtained through illegal or disreputable means.
dirty money.
appearing as if soiled; dark-colored; dingy; drab.
Synonyms:Slang.using or in possession of narcotics.
Foreign Exchange.(of currency floats) manipulated, as by a central bank influencing or changing exchange rates (clean ).
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become dirty.
Synonyms: , ,
adverb
Informal.in a mean, unscrupulous, or underhand way.
to play dirty.
Informal.in a lewd manner.
to talk dirty.
dirty
/ ˈɜːɪ /
adjective
covered or marked with dirt; filthy
obscene; salacious
dirty books
sexually clandestine
a dirty weekend
causing one to become grimy
a dirty job
(of a colour) not clear and bright; impure
unfair; dishonest; unscrupulous; unsporting
mean; nasty
a dirty cheat
scandalous; unkind
a dirty rumour
revealing dislike or anger
a dirty look
(of weather) rainy or squally; stormy
(of an aircraft) having projections into the airstream, such as lowered flaps
(of an explosive device) modified to cause radioactive contamination Compare clean
slangto be offended by or be hostile towards
a despicable person
informalintimate secrets, esp those that might give rise to gossip
slangdishonest behaviour
an obscene word
something that is regarded with disapproval
federalism is a dirty word
unpleasant or illicit activity
informalto behave meanly or unkindly towards
verb
to make or become dirty; stain; soil
Other Word Forms
- dirtily adverb
- dirtiness noun
- ˈ徱پ adverb
- ˈ徱پԱ noun
Idioms and Phrases
do (someone) dirty, to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“I speak perfect English. I also speak perfect Spanish. I’m bilingual, but that doesn’t mean that I have to be picked out, like, ‘This guys seems Latino; this guy seems a little bit dirty.’
“I speak perfect English. I also speak perfect Spanish. I’m bilingual, but that doesn’t mean that I have to be picked out, like ‘This guys seems Latino; this guy seems a little bit dirty.’
It's something worse: good old-fashioned 20th-century fascism, as dirty and ugly as it ever was.
In response, Ukraine said that Russia was playing "dirty tricks" and manipulating the facts.
It calls the contents of the sewage sludge a "dirty secret" and demands that Environment Secretary Steve Reed take action.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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