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UK
/dˈɜːti/
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[ US /ˈdɝti/ ]
[ US /ˈdɝti/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
dirty looks -
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 -
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
foul (or dirty) copy -
violating accepted standards or rules
a dirty fighter
fined for unsportsmanlike behavior
used foul means to gain power
a nasty unsporting serve -
contaminated with infecting organisms
obliged to go into infected rooms
dirty wounds -
unethical or dishonest
dirty police officers
shoddy business practices
a sordid political campaign -
unpleasantly stormy
there's dirty weather in the offing -
(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 -
vile; despicable
a dirty (or lousy) trick
a filthy traitor -
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 -
obtained illegally or by improper means
ill-gotten gains
dirty money -
(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
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make soiled, filthy, or dirty
don't soil your clothes when you play outside!
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.