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Dirt·y a. [Compar. Dirtier superl. Dirtiest.]
1. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.
2. Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color.
3. Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow.
The creature's at his dirty work again. --Pope.
4. Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather.
Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea. --M. Arnold.
Syn: -- Nasty; filthy; foul. See Nasty.
dirty
adj 1: 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"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining
is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while
her sisters preened themselves" [syn: soiled, unclean]
[ant: clean]
2: (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" [ant: clean]
3: vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy
traitor" [syn: filthy, lousy]
4: spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive
contamination; "the air near the foundry was always
dirty"; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a
dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived
radioactive fallout" [syn: contaminating] [ant: clean]
5: contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds";
"obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen [syn: contaminated,
infected, pestiferous]
6: (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;
"dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy)
white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors";
"dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn: dingy, muddied,
muddy]
7: (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty)
copy" [syn: foul, marked-up]
8: obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money";
"ill-gotten gains" [syn: ill-gotten]
9: expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"
10: violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter";
"used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting
serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [syn: cheating(a),
foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike]
11: unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid
political campaign" [syn: sordid]
12: unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"
v : make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when
you play outside!" [syn: soil, begrime, grime, colly,
bemire] [ant: clean]
[also: dirtied, dirtiest, dirtier]