Dictionary Entry
dirty
dirty is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as transitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 8 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.
- 2superlative
Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color.
- 3superlative
Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow.
- 4superlative
Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather.
- 5transitive verb
To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.
- 6transitive verb
To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.
- 7verb
make soiled, filthy, or dirty
"don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
- 8adjective
unpleasantly stormy
"there's dirty weather in the offing"
- 9adjective
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
"dirty unswept sidewalks"
"a child in dirty overalls"
- 10adjective
(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
"dirty words"
"a dirty old man"
- 11adjective
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"
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- 12adjective
unethical or dishonest
"dirty police officers"
"a sordid political campaign"
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- 13adjective
violating accepted standards or rules
"a dirty fighter"
"used foul means to gain power"
- 14adjective
expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
"dirty looks"
- 15adjective
obtained illegally or by improper means
"dirty money"
"ill-gotten gains"
- 16adjective
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
"foul (or dirty) copy"
Synonyms
- 17adjective
vile; despicable
"a dirty (or lousy) trick"
"a filthy traitor"
- 18adjective
(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear is often used in combination
"dirty"
"a dirty (or dingy) white"
- 19adjective
contaminated with infecting organisms- Jane Austen
"dirty wounds"
"obliged to go into infected rooms"
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