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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.

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

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.

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noun
noun, Brit

1: to do the dirty on To play a mean trick on. (1914 —) .
G. Kersh It took me to do the dirty on him (1942). adverb

2: (With adjectives expressing magnitude) very. (1920 —) .
D. Clark Time for a dirty great pint (1971).

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For a list of words related to dirty, see:

• Vulgar, Rude, Degenerate, or Wild

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See words rhyming with "dirty."

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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