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filthy

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filth·y  (flth)
adj. filth·i·er, filth·i·est
1. Covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty. See Synonyms at dirty.
2. Obscene; scatological.
3. Vile; nasty: a filthy traitor.
filthi·ly adv.
filthi·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.filthy - disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"
nasty, foul
dirty, soiled, unclean - 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 dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
2.filthy - vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"
dirty, lousy
nasty, awful - offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound
3.filthy - characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
cruddy, smutty, nasty, foul
dirty - (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"
filthy
adjective 1. dirty, nasty, foul, polluted, vile, squalid, slimy, unclean, putrid, faecal, scummy, scuzzy (slang), chiefly U.S. feculent, festy Austral. (slang)
adjective 2. grimy, black, muddy, smoky, blackened, grubby, sooty, unwashed, mucky, scuzzy (slang), chiefly U.S. begrimed, mud-encrusted, miry, festy Austral. (slang)
adjective 3. obscene, foul, corrupt, coarse, indecent, pornographic, suggestive, lewd, depraved, foul-mouthed, X-rated (informal) bawdy, impure, smutty, licentious, dirty-minded
adjective 4. despicable, mean, low, base, offensive, vicious, vile, contemptible, scurvy
Translations
filthy [ˈfɪlθɪ] adj → sucio; [language] → obsceno
filthy [ˈfɪlθɪ] filth adj → sale, dégoûtant(e); [language] → ordurier/ière, grossier/ière
filthy [ˈfɪlθɪ] filth adj → dreckig, schmutzig;
(language) → unflätig
filthy [ˈfɪlθɪ] adj → lordo/a, sozzo/a; [language] → osceno/a


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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.
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