dirty

adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. 1. Soiled, as with dirt; unclean.
   2. Spreading dirt; polluting: The air near the foundry was always dirty.
   3. Apt to soil with dirt or grime: a dirty job at the garage.
   4. Contaminated with bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.
2. Squalid or filthy; run-down: dirty slums.
3. 1. Obscene or indecent: dirty movies; a dirty joke.
   2. Malicious or scandalous: a dirty lie.
4. 1. Unethical or corrupt; sordid: dirty politics.
   2. Not sportsmanlike: dirty players; a dirty fighter.
   3. Acquired by illicit or improper means: dirty money.
   4. Slang. Possessing or using illegal drugs.
5. 1. Unpleasant or distasteful; thankless: Laying off workers is the dirty part of this job.
   2. Extremely unfortunate or regrettable: a dirty shame.
6. Expressing disapproval or hostility: gave us a dirty look.
7. Not bright and clear in color; somewhat dull or drab. Often used in combination: dirty-blonde hair; dirty-green walls.
8. Producing a very great amount of long-lived radioactive fallout. Used of nuclear weapons.
9. Stormy; rough: dirty weather.

v., -ied, -y·ing, -ies.

v.tr.

1. To make soiled.
2. To stain or tarnish with dishonor.

v.intr.
To become soiled.

dirtily dirt'i·ly adv.
dirtiness dirt'i·ness n.

SYNONYMS   dirty, filthy, foul, squalid, grimy. These adjectives apply to what is unclean, impure, or unkempt. Dirty is the most general: dirty clothes; dirty sidewalks. Something that is filthy is disgustingly dirty: filthy rags. Foul suggests gross offensiveness, particularly to the sense of smell: a foul stench; a foul pond. Squalid suggests dirtiness, wretchedness, and sordidness: lived in a squalid apartment. Grimy describes something ingrained or smudged with dirt or soot: grimy hands.

adjective

1. Covered or stained with or as if with dirt or other impurities: black, filthy, grimy, grubby, smutty, soiled, unclean, uncleanly. See clean/dirty.
2. Offensive to accepted standards of decency: barnyard, bawdy, broad, coarse, Fescennine, filthy, foul, gross, lewd, nasty, obscene, profane, ribald, scatologic, scatological, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar. Slang raunchy. See decent/indecent.
3. Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms: heavy, raging, roiled, roily, rough, rugged, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly, violent, wild. See calm/agitation.

verb

1. To make dirty: befoul, begrime, besmirch, besoil, black, blacken, defile, smudge, smutch, soil, sully. See clean/dirty.
2. To contaminate the reputation of: befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, smear, smudge, smut, soil, spatter, stain, sully, taint, tarnish. Idioms: give a black eye to, slingthrowmud on. See attack/defend, clean/dirty.

Idioms beginning with dirty:
dirty tricks
dirty work

See also down and dirty; wash one's dirty linen in public.

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adj

Definition: obscene, pornographic
Antonyms: clean, moral, upright

adj

Definition: soiled, unclean
Antonyms: clean, pure, spotless, sterile

adj

Definition: violent, stormy
Antonyms: clean, fair, nice

v

Definition: cause to be soiled
Antonyms: clean, cleanse, purify, sterilize

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IN BRIEF: Not clean.

Never wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. — George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), British playwright and novelist.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - snavset, sjofel, ækel, beskidt, stærkt forurenende, møg-, skiden-
adv. - smadder-, skide-
v. tr. - gøre snavset
v. intr. - blive snavset

idioms:

• dirty look    arrigt blik
• dirty money    smudstillæg
• dirty trick    beskidt trick
• dirty weekend    fræk weekend
• dirty word    sjofelt ord, uartigt ord
• dirty work    beskidt arbejde
• do the dirty work    gøre det grove

Nederlands (Dutch)
vies, smerig, oneerlijk, verachtelijk, obsceen, gemeen, verslaafd, bevuilen, zeer (groot etc.)

Français (French)
adj. - sale, malpropre, crasseux, couvert de boue, crotté, salissant (un travail), encrassé (une machine), infecté (une plaie), terne (une couleur), (fig) grossier, grivois
adv. - déloyalement, vachement
v. tr. - salir, souiller, encrasser
v. intr. - salir

idioms:

• dirty look    (regarder) qn d'un sale ¯il
• dirty money    argent mal acquis
• dirty trick    sale coup, (jouer) un sale tour à qn
• dirty weekend    week-end de débauche
• dirty word    gros mot, mot grossier, terme offensant
• dirty work    sale boulot/le plus embêtant du boulot
• do someone's dirty work    faire le sale boulot de qn

Deutsch (German)
v. - beschmutzen
adj. - schmutzig, dreckig
adv. - (ugs.) riesig, sehr

idioms:

• dirty look    giftiger Blick
• dirty money    unehrlich erworbenes Geld, Schmutzzulage
• dirty trick    gemeiner Trick
• dirty weekend    Liebeswochenende
• dirty word    unanständiges Wort, Schimpfwort
• dirty work    schmutzige Arbeit, schmutziges Geschäft, Arbeit, bei der man sich die Finger schmutzig macht
• do someone's dirty work    schmutzige Arbeit, schmutziges Geschäft, Arbeit, bei der man sich die Finger schmutzig macht

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ρυπαίνω/-ομαι, λερώνω/-ομαι, μουντζουρώνω
adj. - ρυπαρός, βρόμικος, λερωμένος, ακάθαρτος, άσεμνος, αισχρός, (για καιρικές συνθήκες) απαίσιες, (για απόχρωση) μουντή

idioms:

• dirty look    (καθομ.) άγρια ή βλοσυρή ματιά
• dirty money    (καθομ.) βρόμικα λεφτά, άνομο κέρδος ή χρήμα, επίδομα ανθυγιεινής εργασίας
• dirty trick    βρομοδουλειά, μπαγαποντιά
• dirty weekend    (καθομ.) σαββατοκύριακο παράνομου έρωτα
• dirty word    βρομοκουβέντα
• dirty work    (καθομ.) χειρωνακτική εργασία, βρομοδουλειά, απατεωνιά
• do the dirty work    βγάζω το φίδι από την τρύπα

Italiano (Italian)
insudiciare, losco, sporco, sconcio

idioms:

• dirty look    occhiataccia
• dirty money    denaro sporco
• dirty trick    brutto scherzo
• dirty weekend    fine settimana coll'amante
• dirty word    parolaccia
• dirty work    lavoro sporco
• washing one's dirty linen in public    esporre i panni sporchi in pubblico

Português (Portuguese)
v. - sujar
adj. - sujo

idioms:

• dirty look    olhar de reprovação
• dirty money    dinheiro (m) sujo
• dirty trick    golpe (m) baixo
• dirty weekend    transa (f) de final de semana (gír.), transa (f) de fim de semana (gír.)
• dirty word    palavrão (m)
• dirty work    trabalho (m) sujo
• do dirty work    fazer trabalho sujo
• washing one's dirty linen in public    lavar a roupa suja em público

Русский (Russian)
пачкать, грязный, порочный, нечестный

idioms:

• dirty look    похотливый взгляд
• dirty money    деньги, нажитые нечестным путем
• dirty trick    подлянка
• dirty weekend    оргия, состоявшаяся в выходные дни
• dirty word    ругательство
• dirty work    грязное дело, подлость, низость
• do dirty work    делать грязную работу
• washing one's dirty linen in public    выносить сор из избы

Español (Spanish)
adj. - manchado, sucio, mugriento, verde, indecente, obsceno, vil, indeseable, inescrupuloso, hostil, nublado, ilegal, en posesión de drogas
adv. - verde, indecentemente, obscenamente, inescrupulosamente
v. tr. - ensuciar, manchar, embarrar, enlodar
v. intr. - ensuciarse

idioms:

• dirty look    mirada de disgusto, mirada asesina
• dirty money    dinero sucio
• dirty trick    mala pasada, mala jugada
• dirty weekend    escapada de fin de semana (con una amante)
• dirty word    palabrota, mala palabra
• dirty work    trabajos sucios, actividad ilícita, tareas desagradables
• do someone's dirty work    trabajos sucios, actividad ilícita, tareas desagradables, hacer el trabajo sucio de alguien

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - smutsa ned
adj. - smutsig, snuskig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
肮脏的, 下流的, 卑鄙的, 肮脏地, 下流地, 卑鄙地, 弄脏, 变脏

idioms:

• dirty look    臭脸
• dirty money    非法钱财
• dirty trick    卑鄙的行为
• dirty word    脏话
• dirty work    卑鄙勾当, 苦活, 不法行为, 没人愿做的活
• do the dirty work    做所有的苦差事

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 肮髒的, 下流的, 卑鄙的
adv. - 骯髒地, 下流地, 卑鄙地
v. tr. - 弄髒
v. intr. - 變髒

idioms:

• dirty look    臭臉
• dirty money    非法錢財
• dirty trick    卑鄙的行為
• dirty word    髒話
• dirty work    卑鄙勾當, 苦活, 不法行為, 沒人願做的活
• do the dirty work    做所有的苦差事

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 지저분한, 저속한, 흐릿한, (날씨가) 험상 궂은, 대기 오염도가 심한
adv. - 지저분하게, 저속하게, 흐릿하게
v. tr. - 오염시키다
v. intr. - 오염하다

idioms:

• do the dirty work    남이 싫어하는 일을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 汚い, 泥だらけの, 不正な, 荒れ模様の, わいせつな, 下品な
v. - 汚す, 汚される

idioms:

• dirty look    汚れた容貌
• dirty money    不正な金
• dirty trick    卑怯なまね, 不正工作
• dirty weekend    情事に過ごす週末
• dirty word    卑猥なことば, 禁句
• dirty work    よごれる仕事, 不正行為
• do dirty work    人の嫌がる仕事を引き受ける
• down and dirty    きたない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يوسخ, يتوسخ, يلوث (صفه) وسخ, ملوث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מלוכלך, סוער, סגרירי‬
adv. - ‮מאד (מדוברת)‬
v. tr. - ‮ליכלך‬
v. intr. - ‮התלכלך‬

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