filthy

[fil-thee]

adjective, filth·i·er, filth·i·est.

foul with, characterized by, or having the nature of filth; disgustingly or completely dirty.

vile; vulgar; obscene: filthy language.

contemptibly offensive, vile, or objectionable: to treat one's friends in a filthy manner.

(of money) abundantly supplied (often followed by with): They're filthy with money.

verb (used with object), filth·ied, filth·y·ing.

to make filthy; foul.

Idioms

filthy rich, outrageously wealthy; very rich.

Origin of filthy

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at filth, -y¹

Related formsfilth·i·ly, adverbfilth·i·ness, noun

Synonym study

1. See dirty.

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Related Words for filthiest

muddy, disheveled, obscene, grubby, crummy, grimy, grungy, nasty, squalid, soiled, vicious, indecent, black, foul, gross, impure, loathsome, offensive, putrid, repulsive

Examples from the Web for filthiest

Contemporary Examples of filthiest

Last year he said Jews are “the filthiest and greatest criminals who only appear to be human” and “have no right to exist.”
Human Rights Watch Owes Israel an Apology
Stuart Robinowitz
April 12, 2011

Historical Examples of filthiest

Perhaps--without care--the mouth is the filthiest cavity of the body.
Boy Scouts Handbook
Boy Scouts of America
And he had to take a lot of the filthiest medicine I ever tasted.
New Treasure Seekers
E. (Edith) Nesbit
Irregular in their course, they are the filthiest we had anywhere seen.
Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870
Various
They pick out the filthiest things they can find, and ask us to kiss them.
The Oxford Reformers
Frederic Seebohm
A very Christian King—he wallows in the filthiest of debauches!
The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer
Eugne Sue

British Dictionary definitions for filthiest

filthy

adjective filthier or filthiest

characterized by or full of filth; very dirty or obscene

offensive or viciousthat was a filthy trick to play

informal, mainly British extremely unpleasantfilthy weather

adverb

extremely; disgustinglyfilthy rich

Derived Formsfilthily, adverbfilthiness, noun

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Word Origin and History for filthiest

filthy

adj.

late 12c., fulthe, "corrupt, sinful," from filth + -y (2). Meaning "physically unclean" is from late 14c. Meaning "morally dirty, obscene" is from 1530s.

In early use often hardly more emphatic than the mod. dirty; it is now a violent expression of disgust, seldom employed in polite colloquial speech. [OED]

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