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[ UK /fˈɪlθi/ ]
[ US /ˈfɪɫθi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. characterized by obscenity
    had a filthy mouth
    smutty jokes
    foul language
  2. disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
    a foul pond
    a nasty pigsty of a room
    as filthy as a pigsty
  3. vile; despicable
    a dirty (or lousy) trick
    a filthy traitor

How To Use filthy In A Sentence

  • Those tiny little felt guys that I made for Amelia just before she was born have been loved a little and have ended up filthy and terribly pilled.
  • I compassionated him, and sometimes felt a wish to console him; but when I looked upon him, when I saw the filthy mass that moved and talked, my heart sickened, and my feelings were altered to those of horror and hatred. Chapter 17
  • They have filthy rich players with a distinct air of decadence about them. Times, Sunday Times
  • Our foreign correspondent reports that conditions in the refugee camps are filthy and overcrowded.
  • There was no water to drink or wash in and children were begging, dressed in filthy rags.
  • In my unwashed condition, I would only make them filthy again.
  • Isn't there something revolting about catering to the imagined needs of a tiny group of spoiled ladies, a Marie Antoinette–ish situation that reached its apotheosis when John Galliano showed his infamous clochard collection—the word means bum or hobo in French, and the tattered gowns, hand-stenciled to look filthy, trailed pots, pans, and other refuse—at the 1997 Dior haute couture show? Art in the Parks 3: Nan Kempner's Clothing
  • The cinema itself was pretty filthy, with popcorn strewn across the floor. The Sun
  • I must have cut a wretched figure, filthy and sunburnt, to the brother who heard my explanations about who I was and why I was here.
  • No doubt Mr Mutley is well aquatinted with the way dogs mate, having mounted the lady dog the chap dog turns around and then they commence to perform the filthy act facing away from each other, having smelt pedigree chum on a dogs breath I cant say that I blame them. Double Jeopardy
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