dirty
Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
Example
“Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty.”
Other meanings
That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
“Don't put that in your mouth, dear. It's dirty.”
Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
“At the reception, Uncle Nick got drunk and told dirty jokes to the bridesmaids.”
Synonyms
- unclean
Related words
- dirtybadwrong
- nondirty
- air one's dirty linen in public
- dirty coal
- dirty down
- dirty trick
- get one's hands dirty
- un-dirty
- dirty rush
- bedirty
- dirty war
- dirty bird
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "dirti".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dirty” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.