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Dirty

adjective
/ˈdɜː.ti/

Meaning

not clean; covered with dirt; unpleasant; morally corrupt
Covered with or containing an unclean substance.

Example Sentences

The kitchen was dirty after cooking.

His shoes were dirty after walking in the mud.

Example Expressions

dirty work

Synonyms

filthy, unclean, soiled, grimy, messy, polluted
Entry 1
filthy, unclean, soiled, grimy
Entry 2
unclean, filthy, messy, grimy, polluted

Antonyms

clean, pure, spotless, immaculate, tidy
Entry 1
clean, pure, spotless, immaculate
Entry 2
clean, pure, tidy

Collocations

dirty clothes, dirty hands, dirty water, dirty joke, dirty tricks
Entry 1
dirty clothes, dirty hands, dirty water
Entry 2
dirty clothes, dirty hands, dirty joke, dirty tricks

Related Vocabularies

connected with God or a religion and considered holy or deserving respect
small in amount; scanty or inadequate
basic; fundamental; primary level
having irregular patches of two colors, especially black and white
confused and disoriented; feeling unsettled
Blocked up with too much traffic or crowding.

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