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

1. superlative. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.
2. superlative. Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color.
3. superlative. Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow.
4. superlative. Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather.
5. transitive verb. To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.
6. transitive verb. To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.
7. verb. make soiled, filthy, or dirty

   "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

   Synonyms: begrime, bemire, colly, grime, soil

8. adjective. unpleasantly stormy

   "there's dirty weather in the offing"

9. adjective. soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime

   "dirty unswept sidewalks"

   "a child in dirty overalls"

   Synonyms: soiled, unclean

10. adjective. (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency

    "dirty words"

    "a dirty old man"

11. adjective. 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"

    Synonyms: contaminating

12. adjective. unethical or dishonest

    "dirty police officers"

    "a sordid political campaign"

    Synonyms: sordid

13. adjective. violating accepted standards or rules

    "a dirty fighter"

    "used foul means to gain power"

    Synonyms: cheating, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike

14. adjective. expressing or revealing hostility or dislike

    "dirty looks"

15. adjective. obtained illegally or by improper means

    "dirty money"

    "ill-gotten gains"

16. adjective. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes

    "foul (or dirty) copy"

    Synonyms: foul

17. adjective. vile; despicable

    "a dirty (or lousy) trick"

    "a filthy traitor"

    Synonyms: filthy, lousy

18. adjective. (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear is often used in combination

    "dirty"

    "a dirty (or dingy) white"

    Synonyms: dingy, muddied, muddy

19. adjective. contaminated with infecting organisms- Jane Austen

    "dirty wounds"

    "obliged to go into infected rooms"

    Synonyms: pestiferous

Synonyms

begrime, bemire, colly, grime, soil, soiled, unclean, contaminating, sordid, cheating, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike, filthy, lousy, dingy, muddied, muddy, pestiferous

Common word forms

dirtied, dirtier, dirties, dirtily, dirtiest, dirtying

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