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(satellite adjective) unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing" |
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(adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: soiled, unclean |
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Antonyms: clean |
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(adjective) (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" |
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Antonyms: clean |
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(adjective) spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout" |
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Synonyms: contaminating |
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Antonyms: clean |
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(satellite adjective) unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign" |
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Synonyms: sordid |
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(verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" |
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Synonyms: begrime, bemire, colly, grime, soil |
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Related Words: alter, blemish, change, contaminate, crock, foul, mire, muck, muck up, mud, muddy, muddy up, pollute, slime, smear, splash, spot |
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Antonyms: clean |
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(satellite adjective) expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks" |
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(satellite adjective) obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains" |
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Synonyms: ill-gotten |
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(satellite adjective) (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy" |
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Synonyms: foul, marked-up |
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(satellite adjective) vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor" |
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Synonyms: filthy, lousy |
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(satellite adjective) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" |
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Synonyms: dingy, muddied, muddy |
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(satellite adjective) violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" |
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Synonyms: cheating, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike |
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(satellite adjective) contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen |
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Synonyms: contaminated, infected |
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