dirtiness

dirt·y (dûr

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adj. dirt·i·er, dirt·i·est

a. Soiled, as with dirt; unclean.

b. Spreading dirt; polluting: The air near the foundry was always dirty.

c. Apt to soil with dirt or grime: a dirty job at the garage.

d. Contaminated with bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.

2. Squalid or filthy; run-down: dirty slums.

a. Obscene or indecent: dirty movies; a dirty joke.

b. Malicious or scandalous: a dirty lie.

a. Unethical or corrupt; sordid: dirty politics.

b. Not sportsmanlike: dirty players; a dirty fighter.

c. Acquired by illicit or improper means: dirty money.

d. Slang Possessing or using illegal drugs.

a. Unpleasant or distasteful; thankless: Laying off workers is the dirty part of this job.

b. Extremely unfortunate or regrettable: a dirty shame.

6. Expressing disapproval or hostility: gave us a dirty look.

7. Not bright and clear in color; somewhat dull or drab. Often used in combination: dirty-blonde hair; dirty-green walls.

8. Producing a very great amount of long-lived radioactive fallout. Used of nuclear weapons.

9. Stormy; rough: dirty weather.

v. dirt·ied, dirt·y·ing, dirt·ies

v.tr.

1. To make soiled.

2. To stain or tarnish with dishonor.

v.intr.

To become soiled.

dirti·ly adv.

dirti·ness n.

Synonyms: dirty, filthy, foul, squalid, grimy
These adjectives apply to what is unclean, impure, or unkempt. Dirty is the most general: dirty clothes; dirty sidewalks.
Something that is filthy is disgustingly dirty: filthy rags.
Foul suggests gross offensiveness, particularly to the sense of smell: a foul stench; a foul pond.
Squalid suggests dirtiness, wretchedness, and sordidness: lived in a squalid apartment.
Grimy describes something ingrained or smudged with dirt or soot: grimy hands.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	dirtiness - the state of being unsanitary uncleanness feculence - something that is feculent sanitary condition - the state of sanitation (clean or dirty) grime, grunge, soil, dirt, filth, grease, stain - the state of being covered with unclean things befoulment, defilement, pollution - the state of being polluted dinge, dinginess - discoloration due to dirtiness dustiness - the state of being covered with dust griminess, grubbiness - the state of being grimy smuttiness, sootiness - the state of being dirty with soot sordidness, squalidness, squalor - sordid dirtiness cleanness - the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities
	2.	dirtiness - the state of containing dirty impurities impureness, impurity - the condition of being impure
	3.	dirtiness - obscenity in speech or writing smuttiness bawdiness, lewdness, obscenity, salaciousness, salacity - the trait of behaving in an obscene manner

Translations

dirtiness [ˈdɜːtɪnɪs] N → suciedad f

dirtiness

n → Schmutzigkeit f; (of story also) → Unanständigkeit f

dirtiness [ˈdɜːtɪnɪs] n → sporcizia, sudiciume m

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bawdiness befoulment defilement dinge dinginess dirt dustiness feculence Griminess grubbiness grunge Impureness impurity lewdness nastiness obscenity salaciousness salacity sanitary condition	Once more she lost the sense of space; once more trees, houses, people, animals, hills, merged and heaved into one dirtiness, and she was at Wickham Place. Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context His work was hung up in any out-of-the-way corner of the gallery that could be found; it had been bought under protest; it was admitted by sufferance; its freshness and brightness damaged it terribly by contrast with the dirtiness and the dinginess of its elderly predecessors; and its only points selected for praise were those in which it most nearly resembled the peculiar mannerism of some Old Master, not those in which it resembled the characteristics of the old mistress--Nature. A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context In spite of the dirtiness of the hut, which was all muddied by their boots and the filthy dogs licking themselves clean, and the smell of marsh mud and powder that filled the room, and the absence of knives and forks, the party drank their tea and ate their supper with a relish only known to sportsmen. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context	dirigisme dirigiste diriment diriment impediment dirk Dirk knife Dirkness Dirksen Dirl dirndl dirt dirt ball Dirt bed dirt bike dirt cheap dirt dauber Dirt eating dirt farmer Dirt pie dirt road dirt track dirt-cheap dirt-poor dirtbag dirtily dirtiness dirty dirty bomb dirty dog dirty joke dirty laundry dirty linen dirty money dirty old man dirty pool dirty realism dirty rice dirty story dirty trick dirty tricks dirty war dirty word dirty-faced dirty-minded dirtying Diruption Dis dis- disa disability disability benefit	Dirtbike Dirtbike Dirtbikes Dirtbikes Dirtbikes Dirtbikes DIRTCAM Dirtdobber DIRTEC DIRTFT dirtied dirtied dirtied dirtied dirtier dirtier dirtier dirtier dirties dirties dirties dirties dirtiest dirtiest dirtiest dirtiest dirtily dirtily dirtily dirtily dirtiness DIRTNT DIRTRAN dirty dirty dirty dirty Dirty (disambiguation) Dirty (disambiguation) Dirty (disambiguation) Dirty Agent Dirty Animal Dirty Background Dirty Bastard Dirty Bill of Lading Dirty Bills of Lading dirty bit Dirty Boat Guy dirty bomb dirty bomb dirty bomb dirty bombs dirty bombs dirty bombs Dirty Book Store Dirty But Clean Dirty Chest of Simon dirty crack Dirty data dirty deal Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

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bawdiness
befoulment
defilement
dinge
dinginess
dirt
dustiness
feculence
Griminess
grubbiness
grunge
Impureness
impurity
lewdness
nastiness
obscenity
salaciousness
salacity
sanitary condition

Once more she lost the sense of space; once more trees, houses, people, animals, hills, merged and heaved into one dirtiness, and she was at Wickham Place.

Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context

His work was hung up in any out-of-the-way corner of the gallery that could be found; it had been bought under protest; it was admitted by sufferance; its freshness and brightness damaged it terribly by contrast with the dirtiness and the dinginess of its elderly predecessors; and its only points selected for praise were those in which it most nearly resembled the peculiar mannerism of some Old Master, not those in which it resembled the characteristics of the old mistress--Nature.

A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context

In spite of the dirtiness of the hut, which was all muddied by their boots and the filthy dogs licking themselves clean, and the smell of marsh mud and powder that filled the room, and the absence of knives and forks, the party drank their tea and ate their supper with a relish only known to sportsmen.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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