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filthy [ˈfɪlθɪ] adj filthier, filthiest 1. characterized by or full of filth; very dirty or obscene 2. offensive or vicious that was a filthy trick to play 3. Informal chiefly Brit extremely unpleasant filthy weather adv
extremely; disgustingly filthy rich filthily adv filthiness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
filthy adjective 1. dirty, nasty, foul, polluted, vile, squalid, slimy, unclean, putrid, faecal, scummy, scuzzy (slang, chiefly U.S.), skanky (slang), feculent The water looks stale and filthy. 2. grimy, black, muddy, smoky, blackened, grubby, sooty, unwashed, mucky, scuzzy (slang, chiefly U.S.), begrimed, skanky (slang), mud-encrusted, miry He always wore a filthy old jacket. 3. obscene, foul, corrupt, coarse, indecent, pornographic, suggestive, lewd, depraved, foul-mouthed, X-rated (informal), bawdy, impure, smutty, licentious, dirty-minded The play was full of filthy foul language. 5. despicable, mean, low, base, offensive, vicious, vile, contemptible, scurvy `You filthy swine!' Penelope shouted. Translations filthy [ˈfɪlθɪ] filthy [ˈfɪlθi] adj (= very dirty) → dégoûtant(e) [habit] → dégoûtant(e) [language] → ordurier/ière, grossier/ière filthy adj (+er) (= dirty) → dreckig, verschmutzt; the kitchen is filthy → die Küche starrt vor Dreck; the room was filthy dirty (inf) → das Zimmer war völlig verdreckt (inf); you’re filthy! → du bist ja ganz dreckig!; to be filthy with mud (clothes, person) → mit Schlamm verschmutzt sein; to live in filthy conditions → im Dreck leben (= disgusting) substance, habit → ekelhaft, widerlich; whisky is filthy stuff → Whisky ist ein ekelhaftes or widerliches Zeug; you filthy liar! → du gemeiner Lügner!; you filthy little slut! (sl) → du dreckige kleine Schlampe!; filthy rich (pej inf) → stinkreich (inf) ? lucre (= obscene) joke → dreckig, schmutzig; language, expression → zotig; book, magazine → obszön; you’ve got a filthy mind! → du hast eine schmutzige Fantasie or Phantasie! (= angry) look → bitterböse; she gave me a filthy look → sie warf mir einen bitterbösen Blick zu; he has a filthy temper → er kann sehr unangenehm werden; to be in a filthy mood → eine miese Laune haben (inf) filthy [ˈfɪlθɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → sudicio/a, sozzo/a; (language) → volgare, osceno/a what filthy weather! → che tempaccio! he's got a filthy mind → è uno sporcaccione filthy [ˈfɪlθɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → sudicio/a, sozzo/a; (language) → volgare, osceno/a what filthy weather! → che tempaccio! he's got a filthy mind → è uno sporcaccione How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The hotel of the provincial town where Nikolay Levin was lying ill was one of those provincial hotels which are constructed on the newest model of modern improvements, with the best intentions of cleanliness, comfort, and even elegance, but owing to the public that patronizes them, are with astounding rapidity transformed into filthy taverns with a pretension of modern improvement that only makes them worse than the old-fashioned, honestly filthy hotels. It has fifty millions of inhabitants, and as the colour of the Filthy Pool does not wash off, they all look exactly alike. Here and there would be a bridge crossing a filthy creek, with hard-baked mud shores and dingy sheds and docks along it; here and there would be a railroad crossing, with a tangle of switches, and locomotives puffing, and rattling freight cars filing by; here and there would be a great factory, a dingy building with innumerable windows in it, and immense volumes of smoke pouring from the chimneys, darkening the air above and making filthy the earth beneath. |
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