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filth

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filth  (flth)
n.
1.
a. Foul or dirty matter.
b. Disgusting garbage or refuse.
2. A dirty or corrupt condition; foulness.
3. Something, such as language or printed matter, considered obscene, prurient, or immoral.

[Middle English, from Old English flth; see p- in Indo-European roots.]

filth
Noun
1. disgusting dirt and muck
2. offensive material or language [Old English fȳlth]
filthiness n
filthy adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.filth - any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"
2.filthfilth - the state of being covered with unclean things
dirtiness, uncleanness - the state of being unsanitary
3.filthfilth - a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
unsanitariness - a state that is not conducive to health
4.filth - an offensive or indecent word or phrase
cock, pecker, peter, dick, putz, prick, tool, shaft - obscene terms for penis
dogshit, horseshit, Irish bull, bullshit, crap, shit, bull - obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"
chickenshit - a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear
bawdry, bawdy - lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy"
scatology - a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions)
profanity - vulgar or irreverent speech or action
dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, asshole, bastard, son of a bitch, whoreson, cocksucker, SOB, shit - insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
peeing, pissing, pee, piss - informal terms for urination; "he took a pee"
bugger all, Fanny Adams, fuck all, sweet Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery"
poop, shit, shite, turd, crap, dirt - obscene terms for feces

filth
Translations
filth [fɪlθ] nsuciedad f

filth [fɪlθ] nsaleté f

filth [fɪlθ] nDreck m, Schmutz m

filth [fɪlθ] nsporcizia;
(fig) → oscenità

filth
n filth [filθ]
anything very dirty or foul Look at that filth on your boots! vullis; gemors قَذارَه мърсотия špína snavs; møg der Schmutz βρομιά porquería, suciedad roppus کثافت؛ نجاست törky saleté טִינוֹפֶת कूड़ा prljavština piszok kotoran óhreinindi; óþverri sporcizia 汚物 오물 purvas netīrumi; mēsli kotoran vuiligheid skitt, søle, møkk brud porcaria murdărie грязь špina umazanija prljavština smuts, lort สิ่งโสโครก pislik, kir 污物 бруд, мерзота کوئی بہت گندی شے vết bẩn ghê tởm
adj filthy
1 very dirty The whole house is absolutely filthy. vuil; smerig قَذِر кирлив špinavý, zamazaný møgbeskidt; snusket schmutzig βρομερός sucio, asqueroso räpane کثیف؛ نجس törkyinen crasseux מְלוּכלָך गंदा prljav, blatan piszkos kotor óhreinn, skítugur sporco 汚い 더러운, 불결한 purvinas netīrs; dubļains sangat kotor smerig møkket, griset brudny porco murdar грязный špinavý svinjski prljav smutsig, lortig, skitig สกปรกมาก çok pis/kirli 極臟的 брудний بہت گندا bẩn thỉu một cách kinh tởm
2 obscene a filthy story. liederlik قَذِر، بَذيء развратен oplzlý sjofel unflätig πρόστυχος obsceno ropp قبیح likainen obscène גַס गंदा prost, nemoralan erkölcstelen jorok soralegur, viðurstyggilegur osceno みだらな 상스러운, 음란한 nešvankus neķītrs; derdzīgs cerita kotor smerig sjofel, skitten sprośny obsceno obscen непристойный obscénny opolzek mastan snuskig, oanständig ลามก müstehcen, açık saçık 淫穢的 мерзотний, огидний فحش tục tĩu


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He was no prude and could laugh as well as anyone at the witty immorality of a farce at the Palais Royal, but here was nothing but filth.
But the scullery you would not care to see; it is greasy, dirty, and odoriferous, while the stairs are in rags, and the walls so covered with filth that the hand sticks fast wherever it touches them.
Nothing but filth and mud, however you knock at your coffin lid at night, when the dead arise, however you cry: 'Let me out, kind people, to live in the light of day
 
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