dirty

Meanings

• make soiled, filthy, or dirty
• soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
  • "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"
• (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
  • "dirty words"
  • "a dirty old man"
  • "dirty books and movies"
  • "boys telling dirty jokes"
  • "has a dirty mouth"
• vile; despicable
  • "a dirty (or lousy) trick"
• 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"
• contaminated with infecting organisms; ; - Jane Austen
  • "dirty wounds"
• (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; is often used in combination
  • "dirty"
  • "a dirty (or dingy) white"
  • "dirty-green walls"
  • "dirty-blonde hair"
• (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
  • "foul (or dirty) copy"
• obtained illegally or by improper means
  • "dirty money"
• expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
  • "dirty looks"
• violating accepted standards or rules
  • "a dirty fighter"
• unethical or dishonest
  • "dirty police officers"
• unpleasantly stormy
  • "there's dirty weather in the offing"

Synonyms

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