ENGLISH: dirty - CREOLE: sal



Overview of verb dirty



The verb dirty has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire -- (make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!")



Overview of adj dirty



The adj dirty has 12 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (12) dirty, soiled, unclean -- (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves")

2. (2) dirty -- ((of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth")

3. (1) dirty, filthy, lousy -- (vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor")

4. dirty, contaminating -- (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")

5. contaminated, dirty, pestiferous -- (contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen)

6. dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy -- ((of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair")

7. dirty, foul, marked-up -- ((of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy")

8. dirty, ill-gotten -- (obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains")

9. dirty -- (expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks")

10. cheating, dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike -- (violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior")

11. dirty, sordid -- (unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign")

12. dirty -- (unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing")

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