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dirty
unpleasantly stormy
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adjective
unpleasantly stormy
“there's dirty weather in the offing”
adjective
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
“dirty unswept sidewalks”
adjective
(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
“dirty words”
adjective
spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
“the air near the foundry was always dirty”
adjective
unethical or dishonest
“dirty police officers”
adjective
violating accepted standards or rules
“a dirty fighter”
adjective
expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
“dirty looks”
adjective
obtained illegally or by improper means
“dirty money”
adjective
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
“foul (or dirty) copy”
adjective
vile; despicable
“a dirty (or lousy) trick”
adjective
(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination
“a dirty (or dingy) white”
adjective
contaminated with infecting organisms
“dirty wounds”
verb
make soiled, filthy, or dirty
“don't soil your clothes when you play outside!”
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Example Sentences
there's dirty weather in the offing
dirty unswept sidewalks
a child in dirty overalls
dirty slums
piles of dirty dishes
put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
dirty words
a dirty old man
dirty books and movies
boys telling dirty jokes
has a dirty mouth
the air near the foundry was always dirty
a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout
dirty police officers
a sordid political campaign
shoddy business practices
a dirty fighter
used foul means to gain power
a nasty unsporting serve
fined for unsportsmanlike behavior
dirty looks
dirty money
ill-gotten gains
foul (or dirty) copy
a dirty (or lousy) trick
a filthy traitor
a dirty (or dingy) white
the muddied grey of the sea
muddy colors
dirty-green walls
dirty-blonde hair
dirty wounds
{'source': 'Jane Austen', 'text': 'obliged to go into infected rooms'}
don't soil your clothes when you play outside!
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