filthy

American  

[fil-thee] / ˈfɪl θi /

adjective

filthier, filthiest

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

2. vulgar; obscene.

   filthy language.

3. contemptibly offensive, vile, or objectionable.

   to treat one's friends in a filthy manner.

4. (of money) abundantly supplied (often followed bywith ).

   They're filthy with money.

5. Slang. (especially in sports) formidable: knocked down by a filthy right hook.

   a young rookie with a filthy curveball;

   knocked down by a filthy right hook.

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verb (used with object)

filthied, filthying

1. to make filthy; foul.

idioms

1. filthy rich, outrageously wealthy; very rich.

filthy British  

/ ˈfɪlθɪ /

adjective

1. characterized by or full of filth; very dirty or obscene

2. offensive or vicious

   that was a filthy trick to play

3. informal extremely unpleasant

   filthy weather

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adverb

1. extremely; disgustingly

   filthy rich

Related Words

See dirty.

Other Word Forms

• filthily adverb
• filthiness noun

Etymology

Origin of filthy

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; filth, -y ¹

Example Sentences

He bowled only two overs in the first Test of this series and then said he felt "filthy" after being left out of the second in Brisbane.

From BBC

"When your child is… hanging on the edge of life, and someone's out there, making money off that. Well, it's filthy. It's blood money."

From BBC

“With what the Russians paid I would be rich in Cuba, filthy rich.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Migrants who illegally enter Italy or France risk being detained in filthy, overcrowded camps, according to the United Nations refugee agency.

From The Wall Street Journal

MIT is an enclave even within the hermetic world of Cambridge academia—a place where complex, bleeding-edge ideas spawn from sterile labs and filthy dorm rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• disheveled
• grimy
• grubby
• grungy
• muddy
• nasty
• soiled
• squalid