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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.

dirty [ˈdɜːtɪ]

adj dirtier, dirtiest

1. covered or marked with dirt; filthy

a. obscene; salacious dirty books

b. sexually clandestine a dirty weekend

3. causing one to become grimy a dirty job

4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) (of a colour) not clear and bright; impure

5. unfair; dishonest; unscrupulous; unsporting

6. mean; nasty a dirty cheat

7. scandalous; unkind a dirty rumour

8. revealing dislike or anger a dirty look

9. (of weather) rainy or squally; stormy

10. (Engineering / Aeronautics) (of an aircraft) having projections into the airstream, such as lowered flaps

11. (Military) (of a nuclear weapon) producing a large quantity of radioactive fallout or contamination Compare clean [5]

be dirty on Austral slang to be offended by or be hostile towards

dirty dog a despicable person

dirty linen Informal intimate secrets, esp those that might give rise to gossip

dirty word

a. an obscene word

b. something that is regarded with disapproval federalism is a dirty word

dirty work unpleasant or illicit activity

do the dirty on Brit informal to behave meanly or unkindly towards

vb dirties, dirtying, dirtied

to make or become dirty; stain; soil

dirtily adv

dirtiness n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Verb	1.	dirty - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" begrime, bemire, colly, grime, soil alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" foul - make unclean; "foul the water" contaminate, pollute, foul - make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" smear - stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance slime - cover or stain with slime; "The snake slimed his victim" muddy, muddy up - dirty with mud splash - soil or stain with a splashed liquid mud, muck up, muck, mire - soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden" crock - soil with or as with crock blemish, spot - mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" clean, make clean - make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"
Adj.	1.	dirty - 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" soiled, unclean untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money" clean - free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"
	2.	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" indecent - offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture" unobjectionable, clean - (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers; "good clean fun"; "a clean joke"
	3.	dirty - vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor" filthy, 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
	4.	dirty - spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout" contaminating uncontaminating, clean - not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean"
	5.	dirty - contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen pestiferous infected, septic - containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage"
	6.	dirty - (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" muddied, dingy, muddy impure - combined with extraneous elements
	7.	dirty - (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy" marked-up, foul illegible - (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible; "illegible handwriting"
	8.	dirty - obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains" ill-gotten illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"
	9.	dirty - expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks" hostile - characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
	10.	dirty - violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" unsporting, unsportsmanlike, cheating, foul unfair, unjust - not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage"
	11.	dirty - unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign" sordid corrupt - lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
	12.	dirty - unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing" stormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas"

dirty

adjective

1. filthy, soiled, grubby, nasty, foul, muddy, polluted, messy, sullied, grimy, unclean, mucky, grotty (slang), grungy (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), scuzzy (slang, chiefly U.S.), begrimed, skanky (slang) The woman had matted hair and dirty fingernails.
filthy clean, pure, spotless

2. dishonest, illegal, unfair, cheating, corrupt, crooked, deceiving, fraudulent, treacherous, deceptive, unscrupulous, crafty, deceitful, double-dealing, unsporting, knavish (archaic) Their opponents used dirty tactics.
dishonest moral, decent, respectable, upright, honest, reputable

3. obscene, rude, coarse, indecent, blue, offensive, gross, filthy, vulgar, pornographic, sleazy, suggestive, lewd, risqué, X-rated (informal), bawdy, salacious, smutty, off-colour, unwholesome He laughed at their dirty jokes.
obscene clean, decent

4. despicable, mean, low, base, cheap, nasty, cowardly, beggarly, worthless, shameful, shabby, vile, sordid, low-down (informal), abject, squalid, ignominious, contemptible, wretched, scurvy, detestable, scungy (Austral. & N.Z.) That was a dirty trick to play.

verb

soil, foul, stain, spoil, smear, muddy, pollute, blacken, mess up, smudge, sully, defile, smirch, begrime He was afraid the dog's hairs might dirty the seats.
soil clean

Translations

dirty [ˈdɜːtɪ]

A. ADJ (dirtier (compar) (dirtiest (superl)))

1. (= unclean) [hands, clothes, dishes] → sucio
your hands are dirty → tienes las manos sucias
to get (o.s.) dirty → ensuciarse
to get sth dirty → ensuciar algo
to get one's hands dirty → ensuciarse or mancharse las manos
his dirty habits get on my nerves → tiene unas costumbres asquerosas que me sacan de quicio
cleaning the cooker is a dirty job → limpiar la cocina es un trabajo muy sucio
there was a dirty mark on his shirt → tenía una mancha en la camisa
to wash one's dirty linen in public → sacar los trapos sucios a relucir
see also nappy A

2. (= dull) [grey, white] → sucio
the sky was a dirty grey → el cielo tenía un color gris sucio

3. (= nasty) [weather] → horrible, feo; [night] → horrible

4. (= indecent) [story, joke] → verde, colorado(Mex); [book] → cochino, de guarrerías(Sp) ; [magazine, film] → porno; [laugh] → lascivo
to have a dirty mind → tener una mente pervertida, tener una mente guarra(Sp)
dirty old man → viejo m verde
dirty weekend (Brit) → fin m de semana de lujuria(hum)
to go on a dirty weekend (with sb) → ir a pasar un fin de semana de lujuria(con algn)
dirty word → palabrota f, lisura f (Andes, S. Cone)
communism has become almost a dirty word → "comunismo" se ha convertido casi en una palabrota

5. (= underhand) → sucio
dirty business → negocio m sucio
dirty money → dinero m sucio
dirty play (Sport) → juego m sucio
there are some dirty players in the team → algunos de los miembros del equipo juegan sucio
dirty pool (US) → juego m sucio
a dirty trick → una mala pasada, una jugarreta
to play a dirty trick on sb → jugar una mala pasada a algn, hacer una jugarreta a algn
dirty tricks → chanchullos mpl
dirty tricks department sección de actividades secretas para desacreditar al contrario
dirty war → guerra f sucia
to do sb's dirty work he always gets other people to do his dirty work → siempre consigue que los demás le hagan el trabajo sucio

6. (= despicable) → asqueroso, de mierda
you're a dirty liar → eres un cerdo mentiroso → eres un mentiroso de mierda
you dirty rat! → ¡canalla!, ¡cerdo!

7. (= angry) to give sb a dirty look → echar una mirada asesina a algn

B. ADV

1. (Sport) (= unfairly)
to fight dirty [boxer] → no luchar limpiamente
to play dirty [footballer] → jugar sucio

2. (= indecently) to talk dirty → decir cochinadas, decir guarrerías(Sp)

3. dirty great: a dirty great dog/lorry/hole → un perrazo/camionazo/agujerazo
his dirty great hands → sus manazas, sus manotas

C. VT → ensuciar
don't dirty your clothes → no te ensucies la ropa

D. N to do the dirty on sb (Brit) → jugar una mala pasada a algn, hacer una jugarreta a algn

E. CPD dirty bomb N → bomba f sucia

dirty [ˈdɜː^rti]

adj

(= mucky) [surface, object, face] → sale
to get dirty → se salir
to get sth dirty → salir qch
to wash one's dirty linen in public, to wash one's dirty laundry in public → laver son linge sale en public
to do someone's dirty work → faire le sale boulot > de qn

(= rude) [idea, word] → obscène; [joke, book] → cochon(ne) >
dirty story → histoire f cochonne
that's a dirty word in this house! (subject not to be raised) → c'est un tabou dans cette maison!

(= nasty) → sale
dirty trick → sale tour m
a dirty tricks campaign → une campagne de diffamation
to give sb a dirty look → regarder qn d'un sale œil
a dirty war → une guerre sale

vt → salir

adv
to play dirty → faire un coup en traître
to fight dirty → donner des coups en traître
dirty bomb n → bombe f sale
dirty-minded [ˌdɜː^rtiˈmaɪndɪd] adj
to be dirty-minded → avoir l'esprit mal tourné
dirty-minded kids → des gamins à l'esprit mal tourné
dirty old man n → vieux cochon > m
dirty weekend n → week-end m coquin

dirty

adj (+er)

(lit) → schmutzig; to get something dirty → etw schmutzig machen; dirty mark → Schmutzfleck m

(with colours) → schmutzig; dirty grey → schmutzig grau; dirty white → schmutzig weiß; dirty green → olivgrün

(pej: = underhand) job, business, dealings → schmutzig; player, competitor → unfair; (emph inf: = despicable) → gemein; dirty play → Foulspiel nt; to do the dirty deed (Brit usu hum) → die Übeltat vollbringen

(= obscene, smutty) book, film, word → unanständig; joke → schmutzig; person → obszön; a dirty mind → eine schmutzige Fantasie; dirty old man (pej, hum) → alter Lustmolch (inf); people for whom “liberalism” is a dirty word → Leute, für die „Liberalismus“ ein Schimpfwort ist

to give somebody a dirty look (inf) → jdm einen bösen or giftigen (inf) → Blick zuwerfen

vt (= soil) → beschmutzen; (Brit: = foul up) machine parts, spark plugs → verschmutzen

n to do the dirty on somebody (Brit inf) → jdn reinlegen (inf)

dirty:

dirty trick

n → gemeiner Trick; dirtys campaign → Diffamierungskampagne f

dirty weekend

n (hum inf) → Liebeswochenende nt

dirty work

n to do somebody’s dirty (lit) → die Schmutzarbeit für jdn machen; (fig) → sich (dat) → für jdn die Finger schmutzig machen

dirty [ˈdɜːtɪ]

1. adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (gen) → sporco/a; (cut, wound) → infetto/a; (indecent, novel, story, joke) → sporco/a, spinto/a
dirty trick → brutto scherzo
to give sb a dirty look (fam) → lanciare un'occhiataccia a qn
to play a dirty trick on sb → farla sporca a qn, giocare un brutto scherzo a qn
to have a dirty mind → pensare solo a quello
a dirty old man → un vecchio sporcaccione
dirty word → parolaccia
it's a dirty word these days → oggigiorno è un argomento tabù
do your own dirty work! → non passare a me le tue gatte da pelare!

2. vt → sporcare, insudiciare

dirty [ˈdɜːtɪ]

2. vt → sporcare, insudiciare

dirty → ملوث špinavý beskidt schmutzig βρόμικος sucio likainen sale prljav sporco 汚れた 더러운 vies skitten brudny sujo грязный smutsig สกปรก kirli bẩn 肮脏的

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