adjectives
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"
(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"
is similar to
humorously vulgar
"bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language"
is similar to
characterized by profanity or cursing
"foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"
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having lewd thoughts
is similar to
characterized by obscenity
"had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
is similar to
using foul or obscene language
"noisy foul-mouthed women all shouting at once"
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suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
"lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"
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dealing with salacious or indecent material
"a scabrous novel"
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dealing pruriently with excrement and excretory functions
"scatological literature"
see also
offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters
"an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"
vile; despicable
"a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"
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
"dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
(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"
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
"foul (or dirty) copy"
obtained illegally or by improper means
"dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"
expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
"dirty looks"
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characterized by enmity or ill will
"a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
violating accepted standards or rules
"a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
unethical or dishonest
"dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"
unpleasantly stormy
"there's dirty weather in the offing"
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(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
"a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas"