smutty

[ smuht-ee ]

/ ˈsmʌt i /

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adjective, smut·ti·er, smut·ti·est.

soiled with smut; grimy.

indecent or obscene, as talk or writing: a smutty novel.

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

(of plants) affected with smut.

Origin of smutty

First recorded in 1590–1600; smut + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM smutty

smut·ti·ly, adverbsmut·ti·ness, nounun·smut·ty, adjective

Words nearby smutty

smush, smut, smutch, smutchy, Smuts, smutty, SMV, Smyrna, Smyrna fig, Smyrnean, Smyth

Example sentences from the Web for smutty

Connected with Smutty Nose by a stone-wall there is another little bit of island, called Malaga.
Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume 2|Nathaniel Hawthorne
Counting Malaga, a little islet attached to Smutty Nose by a breakwater, and there are eight islands in the cluster.
Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast|Samuel Adams Drake
The site has Smutty Nose and Star opposite, with a road (that is, a water-road) between, varying from half a mile to a mile.
Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume 2|Nathaniel Hawthorne
Smutty Nose, the most verdant of the islands, was one of the earliest settled.
Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast|Samuel Adams Drake

About eleven o'clock, Mr. Thaxter took me over to Smutty Nose in his dory.
Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume 2|Nathaniel Hawthorne