dirty-minded

[dur-tee-mahyn-did]

adjective

1. tending to have vulgar, obscene, or lewd thoughts, interpretations, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dirty-minded¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

“You kind of saw a race to the bottom … as to who could have the most dirty-minded interpretation.”

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Or by Kavanaugh’s sworn testimony that the yearbook phrase “Renate Alumnius” was “clumsily used to show affection, to show she was one of us,” but was misrepresented by a dirty-minded “media circus.”

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Powerful, selfish people have always adopted this dirty-minded realism to justify their own selfishness.

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Mr. Trump insisted that only “dirty-minded” people took it that way, and that no one respects women more than he does.

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That’s when dirty-minded Quasimoto steps in; right away we know, from his delightful creepiness and need, that he’s an id, ready to force his message down our throats with a laugh.

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Related Words

• lewd 
• nefarious 
• shameless 
• sinful 
• vicious 
• vile 
• wanton 
• warped 
• wicked