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dirty in WordNet English dictionary
verb- make soiled, filthy, or dirty
"don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
dirty soil begrime grime colly bemire
adjective- violating accepted standards or rules
"a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
cheating dirty foul unsporting unsportsmanlike
- 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"
dirty contaminating
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
"dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair"
dirty dingy muddied muddy
- 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"
dirty soiled unclean
- (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"
dirty
- unethical or dishonest
"dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"
dirty sordid
- expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
"dirty looks"
dirty
- obtained illegally or by improper means
"dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"
dirty ill-gotten
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
"foul (or dirty) copy"
dirty foul marked-up
- vile; despicable
"a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"
dirty filthy lousy
- contaminated with infecting organisms
"dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
dirty pestiferous
- unpleasantly stormy
"there's dirty weather in the offing"
dirty
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