[ UK /dˈɜːti/ ]
[ US /ˈdɝti/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
    dirty looks
  2. 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
  3. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
    foul (or dirty) copy
  4. violating accepted standards or rules
    a dirty fighter
    fined for unsportsmanlike behavior
    used foul means to gain power
    a nasty unsporting serve
  5. contaminated with infecting organisms
    obliged to go into infected rooms
    dirty wounds
  6. unethical or dishonest
    dirty police officers
    shoddy business practices
    a sordid political campaign
  7. unpleasantly stormy
    there's dirty weather in the offing
  8. (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
    boys telling dirty jokes
    a dirty old man
    dirty words
    dirty books and movies
    has a dirty mouth
  9. vile; despicable
    a dirty (or lousy) trick
    a filthy traitor
  10. soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
    mining is a dirty job
    dirty unswept sidewalks
    wore an unclean shirt
    dirty slums
    Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
    put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
    piles of dirty dishes
    a child in dirty overalls
  11. obtained illegally or by improper means
    ill-gotten gains
    dirty money
  12. (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
    dirty-blonde hair
    muddy colors
    dirty
    the muddied grey of the sea
    dirty-green walls
    a dirty (or dingy) white
VERB
  1. make soiled, filthy, or dirty
    don't soil your clothes when you play outside!
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How To Use dirty In A Sentence

  • You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. Mahatma Gandhi 
  • An incredulous snort came from Chris, and I gave him dirty look that silenced him up.
  • Crank baits trolled parallel to the shore or over sand flats in the DIRTY water where wind is blowing waves into the shore or shallows is good too regardless of the depth. Whats a good bait to use for walleye? ive never caught one but we now have land at a lake that is stocked with some.
  • Good for them and long may they stay down and dirty. The Sun
  • The manciple accuses the cook of being drunk, and the cook falls off his horse after giving the Manciple a dirty look.
  • Rather than deal with the hassle of finding tenants and collecting the rent, I had appointed an agent to do the dirty work.
  • It was indeed, the dirty brown hair was neatly combed and the coat was new and clean, he was smiling fit to burst as he entertained giggling ladies and laughing lords.
  • Officers had been shown a dirty white T-shirt which he said he had worn on the day his girlfriend vanished.
  • The disease is communicated through dirty drinking water.
  • As soon as the door closed behind her I hurried to the dirty window in the front room and I watched as she walked down the street looking remarkably out of place in the drab surroundings in her bright green dress.
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