filth

[ filth ]

/ fɪlθ /

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noun

offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter: the filth dumped into our rivers.

foul condition: to live in filth.

moral impurity, corruption, or obscenity.

vulgar or obscene language or thought.

Nearby words

filter pump, filter tip, filterable, filterable virus, filtering operation, filth, filthy, filthy lucre, filtrable, filtrate, filtration

Origin of filth

before 1000; Middle English; Old English fȳlth. See foul, -th¹

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Examples from the Web for filth

With the money came the filth, and the contemptuous lewdness you see in the film are based on actual claims in the book.
The Real Wolf of Wall Street: Jordan Belfort’s Vulgar Memoirs|Jimmy So|December 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That night, I dreamed of a square, three-story, concrete building that was dark and dingy with filth, dust, and cobwebs.
A Brigham Young University Professor’s Escape from Mormonism|Lynn K. Wilder|October 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Adapted from a book by the same author, Filth has arrived with an identical swagger.
The Movie ‘Filth’ Is Fun!|Nico Hines|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He tried to peddle this filth all over Washington, but not one member of Congress or one member of the press corps would touch it.
Tim Weiner: Shadows of J. Edgar Hoover in the Petraeus Affair|Tim Weiner|November 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The head of the BBC Trust, the former governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, described the allegations as a “tsunami of filth.”
BBC Scandal Blows Up as Director George Entwistle Resigns|Peter Jukes|November 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This is the filth the German paper was not ashamed to print.
Georges Guynemer|Henry Bordeaux
And there ought to be plenty in the house—but there's poverty and filth in every corner.
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete|Martin Anderson Nexo
These children then filled the ears of their comrades with filth.
Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth|George Brandes
I hardly recognized him, he was so frightfully covered with filth and dirt and creeping things.
When Knighthood Was in Flower|Charles Major
Their wells polluted with garbage and filth; in some cases deliberately poisoned, in others totally destroyed by dynamite.
How I Filmed the War|Lieut. Geoffrey H. Malins

British Dictionary definitions for filth

filth

/ (fɪlθ) /

noun

foul or disgusting dirt; refuse

extreme physical or moral uncleanliness; pollution

vulgarity or obscenity, as in language

the filth derogatory, slang the police

Word Origin for filth

Old English fӯlth; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fūlitha; see foul, defile

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Word Origin and History for filth

filth

Old English fylð "uncleanness, impurity," from Proto-Germanic *fulitho (cf. Old Saxon fulitha "foulness, filth," Dutch vuilte, Old High German fulida), noun derivative of *fulo- "foul" (see foul (adj.)). A classic case of i-mutation.

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