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dirty
[dur-tee]
adjective
soiled with dirt; foul; unclean.
dirty laundry.
spreading or imparting dirt; soiling.
dirty smoke.
vile; mean; sordid; contemptible.
to play a dirty trick on someone.
obscene; pornographic; indecent.
a dirty joke.
undesirable or unpleasant; thankless.
He left the dirty work for me.
very unfortunate or regrettable.
That's a dirty shame!
not fair or sportsmanlike; unscrupulous.
a dirty fighter.
hostile, insulting, contemptuous, or resentful.
She gave me a dirty look.
He made a dirty crack about the cooking.
(of a nuclear weapon) producing a relatively large amount of radioactive fallout.
(of the weather) stormy; squally.
It looks dirty to windward.
Informal., obtained through illegal or disreputable means.
dirty money.
appearing as if soiled; dark-colored; dingy; drab.
Synonyms: dullSlang., using or in possession of narcotics.
Foreign Exchange., (of currency floats) manipulated, as by a central bank influencing or changing exchange rates (clean ).
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become dirty.
adverb
Informal., in a mean, unscrupulous, or underhand way.
to play dirty.
Informal., in a lewd manner.
to talk dirty.
dirty
/ ˈdɜːtɪ /
adjective
covered or marked with dirt; filthy
obscene; salacious
dirty books
sexually clandestine
a dirty weekend
causing one to become grimy
a dirty job
(of a colour) not clear and bright; impure
unfair; dishonest; unscrupulous; unsporting
mean; nasty
a dirty cheat
scandalous; unkind
a dirty rumour
revealing dislike or anger
a dirty look
(of weather) rainy or squally; stormy
(of an aircraft) having projections into the airstream, such as lowered flaps
(of an explosive device) modified to cause radioactive contamination Compare clean
slang, to be offended by or be hostile towards
a despicable person
informal, intimate secrets, esp those that might give rise to gossip
slang, dishonest behaviour
an obscene word
something that is regarded with disapproval
federalism is a dirty word
unpleasant or illicit activity
informal, to behave meanly or unkindly towards
verb
to make or become dirty; stain; soil
Other Word Forms
- dirtily adverb
- dirtiness noun
Idioms and Phrases
do (someone) dirty, to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
More idioms and phrases containing dirty
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Example Sentences
Siblings who had no problem splitting up houses and investment accounts can get down and dirty about photo albums.
Other guests, however, come away from the Whatever experience feeling dirty.
The worst they’ve done is smell up the house after rolling around outside with a couple of dirty beagles.
The session is unlikely to be representative of the rest of the weekend as the track is so dirty and will improve as the sessions tick by.
Hall of Fame baseball player Rickey Henderson once declared, “If my uniform doesn’t get dirty, I haven’t done anything in the baseball game.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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