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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty |
| Synonyms: | bedraggled, befouled, besmirched, black, blurred, common, contaminated, corrupt, decayed, defiled, desecrated, dusty, evil, feculent, fetid, filthy, foul, grimy, impure, messy, muddy, nasty, polluted, profaned, putrescent, putrid, rancid, rank, rotten, sloppy, slovenly, smeared, smudged, soiled, sooty, sordid, spotted, squalid, stable, stained, stale, stinking, sullied, tainted, tarnished, unhealthful, vile |
| Antonyms: | clean, hygienic, uncontaminated, unpolluted |
| Main Entry: | black |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty |
| Synonyms: | dingy, filthy, foul, grimy, grubby, impure, nasty, soiled, sooty, spotted, squalid, stained, unclean, uncleanly |
| Antonyms: | clean |
| Main Entry: | defiled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupted, violated |
| Synonyms: | besmirched, common, cooked, desecrated, dirty, dishonored, exposed, impure, mucked up, polluted, profaned, ravished, spoilt, tainted, trashed, unclean, vitiated |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleansed, hallowed, honorable, pure, purified, sanctified |
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscene, pornographic |
| Synonyms: | base, blue, coarse, contemptible, despicable, filthy, immoral, impure, indecent, lewd, low, mean, nasty, off-color, ribald, risqué, salacious, scatological, scurvy, smutty, sordid, squalid, unchaste, unclean, uncleanly, vile, vulgar |
| Antonyms: | clean, moral, upright |
| Main Entry: | dusty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | filled with or covered with powdery particles |
| Synonyms: | arenaceous, arenose, chalky, crumbly, dirty, friable, granular, grubby, sandy, sooty, unclean, undusted, unswept, untouched |
| Antonyms: | clean, clear |
| Main Entry: | filthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, polluted |
| Synonyms: | begrimed, black, blackened, cruddy, crummy, disheveled, fecal, feculent, foul, grimy, gross*, grubby, grungy, impure, loathsome, miry, mucky, muddy, nasty, obscene, offensive, putrid, repulsive, revolting, scummy, sleazy, slimy, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, smoky, soiled, soily, sooty, squalid, unclean, uncleanly, unkempt, unwashed, verminous, vile, yecchy |
| Antonyms: | clean, pure, sterile, unpolluted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foul |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting, dirty |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, base, contaminated, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, dishonorable, egregious, fetid, filthy, gross*, hateful, heinous, horrid, icky, impure, infamous, iniquitous, loathsome, malodorous, mucky, nasty, nauseating, nefarious, noisome, notorious, offensive, pigpen, polluted, putrid, rank*, raunchy*, repellent, repulsive, revolting, rotten, scandalous, shameful, squalid, stinking, sullied, tainted, unclean, vicious, vile, wicked, yecchy, yucky |
| Antonyms: | clean, fragrant, pleasing, pure, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grimy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty |
| Synonyms: | begrimed, besmirched, cruddy, dingy*, filthy, foul, grubby, grungy, messy, mucky, nasty, scuzzy, sleazy*, smeared, smutty, soiled, sooty, sordid, squalid, unclean |
| Antonyms: | clean, pure, sterile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grubby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, disheveled |
| Synonyms: | besmeared, black, filthy, foul, frowzy, grimy, grungy, impure, messy, mucky, nasty, scruffy, scuzzy, seedy, shabby, sloppy, slovenly, smutty, soiled, sordid, squalid, unclean, uncleanly, unkempt, untidy, unwashed |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanly, dressed-up, neat |
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