smutty

American  

[smuht-ee] / ˈsmʌt i /

adjective

smuttier, smuttiest

1. soiled with smut; grimy.

2. indecent or obscene, as talk or writing.

   a smutty novel.

3. given to indecent or obscene talk, writing, etc., as a person.

4. (of plants) affected with smut.

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Other Word Forms

• smuttiness
  noun
• unsmutty
  adjective
• smuttily
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of smutty

First recorded in 1590–1600; smut + -y ¹

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Example Sentences

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smutty

This isn’t about literature being titillating, smutty or profane.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2021

The irony in all this is that Mr. Simpson once condemned smutty opposition research as a scourge on the body politic.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 10, 2017

If you’ve heard that FX’s “You’re the Worst” is a smutty and subversive take on the relationship sitcom, but you haven’t watched it yet, you might be in for a surprise.

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2015

During my first six months, we were forever picking up trash, washing the floor and walls, we didn't want people to think our clubs were smutty and dirty.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2011

And the little sister sat up and rubbed her smutty, scorched cheek against his cool, blue-shaven face as she tilted the drifting ashes from the bedspread.

From The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

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