Things that aren't clean are dirty. The greasy pans in your sink, your muddy shoes, your smelly dog, your strange uncle's jokes all of these things are dirty.
Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile;
Verb
make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don''t soil your clothes when you play outside!"
Adjective S.
unpleasantly stormy; "there''s dirty weather in the offing"
Adjective
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 dir
Adjective
(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"
Adjective
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"
Adjective S.
unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"
Adjective S.
violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
Adjective S.
expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"
Adjective S.
obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"
Adjective S.
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
Adjective S.
vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"
Adjective S.
(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"
Adjective S.
contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
superl.
Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or
pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.
superl.
Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color.
superl.
Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow.
superl.
Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather.
v. t.
To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the
clothes or hands.
v. t.
To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of
reputation, character, etc.
Dirty
The creature's at his dirty work again.4.
Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea.
Dirty
Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile;
To foul; to make filthy; to soil;
Usage Examples
I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.
Credit or debit cards, for starters, are nothing short of shoppers' Novocain. Even in the age of digital purchases and virtual money, we still attach a special value to dirty paper with pictures of presidents on it. Handing some of that to a cashier simply hurts more than handing over a little sliver of plastic.
Confrontation is not a dirty word. Sometimes it's the best kind of journalism as long you don't confront people just for the sake of a confrontation.
I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.
A lot of the songs start with an image. I was sitting there playing the guitar and I pictured this old, dirty green car, with the window rolled down, in the hot, hot, hot Texas heat, and this beautiful woman I knew when I was a kid sitting behind the wheel, looking out at me.
I don't hate humanity and I'm not interested in people who do. Although, it's funny, actually, some of my favorite writers really do. Like Martin Amis. My dirty secret. 'London Fields' is one of my favorite books ever. And it's indefensible! But he's so funny... I forgive him everything.
I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty.
I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.
I think people are born bisexual and the make subconscious choices based on the pressures of society. I have no question in my mind about being bisexual. But I'm also a hypocrite: I would never date a girl who is bisexual, because that means they also sleep with men, and men are so dirty that I'd never sleep with a girl who had slept with a man.
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Other Usage ExamplesCut your morning devotions into your personal grooming. You would not go out to work with a dirty face. Why start the day with the face of your soul unwashed?
I've found that if you wear a beret, people think you're either a cabdriver or a producer of dirty movies.
And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books... and books in general? Novels and poetry, they belong to the realm of art. How dirty of us to try to hawk art! But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I can't quite muster the guilt anymore.
If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.
I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty it fights dirty.
I'm a hopeless romantic with a dirty mind.
I don't mind a dirty girl. But what I find tragic is when we, as women, become not the subject of our own story but someone else's object.
I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians.
I don't pay to have my dirty work done for me. I do it myself.
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