English dictionary
dirty
adjectivePronunciation
ˈdɜːti
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- unpleasantly stormy
adjective
- soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
adjective
- (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
adjective
- spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
adjective
- unethical or dishonest
adjective
- violating accepted standards or rules
adjective
- expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
adjective
- obtained illegally or by improper means
adjective
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
adjective
- vile; despicable
adjective
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination
adjective
- contaminated with infecting organisms
verb
- make soiled, filthy, or dirty
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!