filthy
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- dirty, foul, polluted, putrid, slimy, squalid, unclean
- muddy, begrimed, blackened, grimy, grubby
- obscene, corrupt, depraved, impure, indecent, lewd, licentious, pornographic, smutty

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Antonyms: immaculate, spick-and-span
Contrasted words: cleaned, cleansed, clean, cleanly, neat, shipshape, tidy, trig, trim
Related Words: disheveled, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, loathsome, offensive, repulsive, revolting, verminous, coarse, gross, obscene, ribald, vulgar

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English Thesaurus: dirty, filthy, muddy, dusty, greasy, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. filth‧y¹ S3 /ˈfɪlθi/ adjective (comparative filthier, superlative filthiest)

1. very dirty:
The house was filthy, with clothes and newspapers strewn everywhere.

2. showing or describing sexual acts in a very rude or offensive way
filthy language/story/joke etc
Your problem is you’ve got a filthy mind (=you are always thinking about sex).

3. showing anger or annoyance
filthy mood/temper
Simon had been drinking and was in a filthy temper.
She gave him a filthy look.

4. filthy weather/night/day the weather, a night etc that is very cold and wet:
It’s a filthy night to be out.

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II. filthy² adverb informal

1. filthy dirty very dirty

2. filthy rich very rich – usually used to say you think someone has too much money

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filthy
adj.
VERBS be, feel, look, smell | get | leave sth, make sth He always leaves the bath absolutely filthy!
ADV. really | absolutely, completely | pretty

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dirty not clean:
His clothes were untidy and he had dirty hands.
filthy very dirty:
Each year filthy water causes millions of cases of illness.
muddy covered with mud:
It had been raining hard and the path was muddy.
dusty covered with dust:
the dusty shelves in the attic
greasy covered with oil or grease:
Greasy food is bad for your health.
grubby (also mucky British English) informal fairly dirty and needing to be cleaned or washed:
He was wearing a grubby white T-shirt.
mucky fingers
grimy covered with thick dirt or dirt that has been there a long time:
I couldn’t see much out of the grimy windows of the train.
dingy /ˈdɪndʒi/ looking dark, dirty, and unpleasant. Used about rooms, houses, and buildings:
We worked in a dingy little office behind the station.
polluted used about land, water, or air that has been made dirty:
85% of city dwellers breathe heavily polluted air.
contaminated made dirty by a dangerous substance or bacteria:
The virus is mainly spread through contaminated food.
squalid /ˈskwɒləd, ˈskwɒlɪd $ ˈskwɑː-/ formal extremely dirty and unpleasant. Used about the place or conditions in which someone lives:
People are living in squalid conditions, with little water and no sanitation.
unhygienic /ʌnhaɪˈdʒiːnɪk◂ $ -ˈdʒe-, -ˈdʒiː-/ formal used about dirty conditions that are likely to cause disease, especially conditions in kitchens, restaurants, and hospitals:
The food was prepared under unhygienic conditions.
unsanitary (also insanitary British English) formal used about dirty conditions that are likely to cause disease, especially because there is not a good system for getting rid of waste:
People’s health is being threatened by overcrowded and insanitary homes.
They work for long hours in unsanitary conditions.
soiled formal made dirty, especially by waste from your body:
Soiled nappies should be changed as quickly as possible.

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