filthy

[fil-thee] / ˈfɪl θi /

ADJECTIVE

dirty, polluted

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disheveled grimy grubby grungy muddy nasty soiled squalid

WEAK

begrimed cruddy fecal feculent foul gross impure loathsome miry mucky putrid repulsive revolting scummy slimy slipshod sloppy slovenly smoky soily sooty unclean uncleanly unkempt unwashed verminous vile yecchy yucky

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clean pure

WEAK

sterile unpolluted

ADJECTIVE

vulgar, obscene

Synonyms

STRONGEST

indecent nasty vicious

WEAK

base bawdy blue coarse contemptible corrupt depraved despicable dirty-minded foul foul-mouthed impure lewd licentious low mean offensive pornographic raunchy scatological scurvy smutty suggestive vile

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clean decent friendly kind pleasant

WEAK

chaste pure sterile unpolluted

Example Sentences

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He bowled only two overs in the first Test of this series and then said he felt "filthy" after being left out of the second in Brisbane.

From BBC

"When your child is… hanging on the edge of life, and someone's out there, making money off that. Well, it's filthy. It's blood money."

From BBC

“With what the Russians paid I would be rich in Cuba, filthy rich.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Migrants who illegally enter Italy or France risk being detained in filthy, overcrowded camps, according to the United Nations refugee agency.

From The Wall Street Journal

MIT is an enclave even within the hermetic world of Cambridge academia—a place where complex, bleeding-edge ideas spawn from sterile labs and filthy dorm rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal

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