vverb.contactmake soiled, filthy, or dirtySynset:begrime bemire colly grime soil
Examples:- don't soil your clothes when you play outside!
Antonyms:clean
Derivationally Related Form:soilgrimesoilingdirtyingsoilure
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:dirtychange
Direct Hyponyms:blemishcontaminatecrockfoulmiremuckmuck upmudmuddymuddy uppolluteslimesmearsplashspot
Full Troponyms:blemishcrockfoulinfectmiremoilmuddypolluteslimesmearsmirchsmutsplashsuperinfect
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adjadj.allsoiled or likely to soil with dirt or grimeAttributes:cleanness
Synset:soiled unclean
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:clean
Derivationally Related Form:uncleannessdirtinessdirt
Inherited Hypernyms:dirty
Similar to:Augean bedraggled draggled befouled fouled begrimed dingy grimy grubby grungy raunchy black smutty buggy cobwebby dirty-faced feculent filthy foul nasty flyblown sordid squalid greasy oily lousy maculate mucky muddy ratty scummy smudgy snot-nosed snotty sooty travel-soiled travel-stained uncleanly unswept unwashed
See also:untidy
adjadj.all(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecencyExamples:- dirty words
- a dirty old man
- dirty books and movies
- boys telling dirty jokes
- has a dirty mouth
Antonyms:clean
Derivationally Related Form:dirtiness
Inherited Hypernyms:dirty
Similar to:bawdy off-color ribald blasphemous blue profane cruddy filthy foul nasty smutty dirty-minded foul-mouthed foul-spoken lewd obscene raunchy salacious scabrous scatological
See also:indecent
adj satadj.allvile; despicableSynset:filthy lousy
Examples:- a dirty (or lousy) trick
- a filthy traitor
Antonyms:nice
Derivationally Related Form:filthinesslousiness
Inherited Hypernyms:dirty
Similar to:awful nasty
adjadj.allspreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contaminationSynset:contaminating
Examples:- the air near the foundry was always dirty
- a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout
Antonyms:clean
Derivationally Related Form:dirtinessdirt
Inherited Hypernyms:dirty
adj satadj.allcontaminated with infecting organismsSynset:pestiferous
Examples:- dirty wounds
- obliged to go into infected rooms - Jane Austen
Antonyms:antiseptic
Derivationally Related Form:dirtiness
Inherited Hypernyms:dirty
Similar to:infected septic
adj satadj.all(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clearSynset:dingy muddied muddy
Examples:- dirty" is often used in combination
- a dirty (or dingy) white
- the muddied grey of the sea
- muddy colors
- dirty-green walls
- dirty-blonde hair
Antonyms:pure
Derivationally Related Form:muddinessdingedinginess
Inherited Hypernyms:dirty
Similar to:impure
adj satadj.all(of a manuscript) defaced with changesSynset:foul marked-up
Antonyms:legible
Inherited Hypernyms:dirty
Similar to:illegible
adj satadj.allobtained illegally or by improper meansSynset:ill-gotten
Examples:- dirty money
- ill-gotten gains
Antonyms:legal
Inherited Hypernyms:dirty
Similar to:illegal
adj satadj.allexpressing or revealing hostility or dislikeAntonyms:amicable
Inherited Hypernyms:dirty
Similar to:hostile
adj satadj.allviolating accepted standards or rulesSynset:cheating foul unsporting unsportsmanlike
Examples:- a dirty fighter
- used foul means to gain power
- a nasty unsporting serve
- fined for unsportsmanlike behavior
Antonyms:fair
Derivationally Related Form:foulness
Inherited Hypernyms:cheating
Similar to:unfair unjust
adj satadj.allunethical or dishonestSynset:shoddy sordid
Examples:- dirty police officers
- a sordid political campaign
- shoddy business practices
Antonyms:incorrupt
Derivationally Related Form:sordidness
Inherited Hypernyms:dirty
Similar to:corrupt
adj satadj.allunpleasantly stormyExamples:- there's dirty weather in the offing
Antonyms:calm
Inherited Hypernyms:dirty
Similar to:stormy