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filth

[filth]

noun

  1. offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter.

    the filth dumped into our rivers.

  2. foul condition.

    to live in filth.

  3. moral impurity, corruption, or obscenity.

  4. vulgar or obscene language or thought.



filth

/ ɪθ /

noun

  1. foul or disgusting dirt; refuse

  2. extreme physical or moral uncleanliness; pollution

  3. vulgarity or obscenity, as in language

  4. derogatorythe police

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of filth1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English ڲ̄ٳ. See foul, -th 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of filth1

Old English ӯٳ ; related to Old Saxon, Old High German ūٳ ; see foul , defile
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The harbor neighborhoods are probably the most polluted part of a very polluted city, owing to the filth that the port generates.

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Our prisons are quite renowned for their own violence, excessive force, harsh conditions, remote locations, overcrowding and filth.

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Almost 40 years later, a whole new generation has caught up to Waters — a fact that greatly pleases the self-proclaimed “filth elder.”

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Stinking of the filth he’d rolled in, he concluded that he was probably on the wrong path.

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We’ve come a long, long way from committing to institutions those who look and act slightly different from the majority and condemning them to a lifetime of fear and filth and isolation.

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