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dirty definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb dirty 1 sense of dirty Sense 1 dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire => foul => pollute, foul, contaminate => smear => slime => muddy, muddy up => splash => mire, muck, mud, muck up => crock => blemish, spot Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb dirty 1 sense of dirty Sense 1 dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire => foul => pollute, foul, contaminate => infect, taint => superinfect => smut => smear => moil => smirch, besmirch => slime => muddy, muddy up => splash => mire, muck, mud, muck up => crock => blemish, spot Entailment of verb dirty Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb dirty 1 sense of dirty Sense 1 dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire => change, alter Familiarity of verb dirty dirty used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb dirty Sense 1 dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire => change, alter -------------- Grep of noun dirty dirty joke dirty old man dirty story dirty trick dirty tricks dirtying Overview of verb dirty The verb dirty has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire -- (make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!") Overview of adj dirty The adj dirty has 12 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (12) dirty, soiled, unclean -- (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves") 2. (2) dirty -- ((of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth") 3. (1) dirty, filthy, lousy -- (vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor") 4. dirty, contaminating -- (spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout") 5. contaminated, dirty, infected -- (contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen) 6. dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy -- ((of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair") 7. dirty, foul, marked-up -- ((of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy") 8. dirty, ill-gotten -- (obtained illegally or by improper means "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains") 9. dirty -- (expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks") 10. cheating, dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike -- (violating accepted standards or rules "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior") 11. dirty, sordid -- (unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign") 12. dirty -- (unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing") Antonyms of adj dirty 12 senses of dirty Sense 1 dirty (vs. clean), soiled, unclean clean (vs. dirty) => cleanable => cleaned, cleansed => cleanly => dry-cleaned => fresh, unused => immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-span, spic, spick, spotless => pristine => unsoiled, unspotted, unstained => unsullied => washed, water-washed => scrubbed Sense 2 dirty (vs. clean) clean (vs. dirty), unobjectionable => antiseptic Sense 3 dirty, filthy, lousy INDIRECT (VIA nasty) -> nice Sense 4 dirty (vs. clean), contaminating clean (vs. dirty), uncontaminating Sense 5 contaminated, dirty, infected INDIRECT (VIA septic) -> antiseptic Sense 6 dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy INDIRECT (VIA impure) -> pure Sense 7 dirty, foul, marked-up INDIRECT (VIA illegible) -> legible Sense 8 dirty, ill-gotten INDIRECT (VIA illegal) -> legal Sense 9 dirty INDIRECT (VIA hostile) -> amicable Sense 10 cheating(postnominal), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike INDIRECT (VIA unfair) -> fair, just Sense 11 dirty, sordid INDIRECT (VIA corrupt) -> incorrupt Sense 12 dirty INDIRECT (VIA stormy) -> calm Similarity of adj dirty 12 senses of dirty Sense 1 dirty (vs. clean), soiled, unclean => bedraggled, draggled => befouled, fouled => begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy => bespattered, spattered, besplashed, splashed => black => buggy => dusty, dust-covered => fecal, faecal, feculent => filthy, foul, nasty => flyblown, squalid, sordid => greasy, oily => lousy => mucky, muddy => scummy => smeared, smirched, smudged, smudgy => snotty, snot-nosed => travel-soiled, travel-stained => unswept => unwashed => maculate Also See-> unclean#2, impure#3; untidy#1 Sense 2 dirty (vs. clean) => bawdy, off-color, ribald => dirty-minded => filthy, foul, nasty, smutty => foul-mouthed, foul-spoken => lewd, obscene, salacious => scabrous => scatological => blasphemous, blue, profane Also See-> indecent#2 Sense 3 dirty, filthy, lousy => nasty (vs. nice), awful Sense 4 dirty (vs. clean), contaminating Sense 5 contaminated, dirty, infected => septic (vs. antiseptic) Sense 6 dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy => impure (vs. pure) Sense 7 dirty, foul, marked-up => illegible (vs. legible) Sense 8 dirty, ill-gotten => illegal (vs. legal) Sense 9 dirty => hostile (vs. amicable) Sense 10 cheating(postnominal), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike => unfair (vs. fair), unjust Sense 11 dirty, sordid => corrupt (vs. incorrupt) Sense 12 dirty => stormy (vs. calm) Attributes of adj dirty 1 of 12 senses of dirty Sense 1 dirty (vs. clean), soiled, unclean => cleanness Familiarity of adj dirty dirty used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 12) Grep of adj dirty dirty dirty-minded Overview of verb dirty The verb dirty has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire -- (make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!") Overview of adj dirty The adj dirty has 12 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (12) dirty, soiled, unclean -- (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves") 2. (2) dirty -- ((of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth") 3. (1) dirty, filthy, lousy -- (vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor") 4. dirty, contaminating -- (spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout") 5. contaminated, dirty, infected -- (contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen) 6. dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy -- ((of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair") 7. dirty, foul, marked-up -- ((of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy") 8. dirty, ill-gotten -- (obtained illegally or by improper means "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains") 9. dirty -- (expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks") 10. cheating, dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike -- (violating accepted standards or rules "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior") 11. dirty, sordid -- (unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign") 12. dirty -- (unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing")
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