English to English
dirty
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adjective (a)
- soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime(adj.all)Example:
Dirty unswept sidewalks.
A child in dirty overalls.
Dirty slums.
Piles of dirty dishes.
Put his dirty feet on the clean sheet.
Mining is a dirty job.
Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves.
source: wordnet30 - (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency(adj.all)Example:
Dirty words.
A dirty old man.
Dirty books and movies.
Boys telling dirty jokes.
Has a dirty mouth.
source: wordnet30 - spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination(adj.all)Example:
The air near the foundry was always dirty.
A dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout.
source: wordnet30 - Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.(adjective)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- contaminated with infecting organisms(adj.all)Example:
Dirty wounds.
source: wordnet30 - obtained illegally or by improper means(adj.all)Example:
Dirty money.
source: wordnet30 - expressing or revealing hostility or dislike(adj.all)Example:
Dirty looks.
source: wordnet30 - violating accepted standards or rules(adj.all)Example:
A dirty fighter.
source: wordnet30 - unpleasantly stormy(adj.all)Example:
There's dirty weather in the offing.
source: wordnet30