dirtiness
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dirt·y
(dûr′tē)adj. dirt·i·er, dirt·i·est
1.
a. Covered or marked with dirt or an unwanted substance; unclean.
b. Spreading dirt; polluting: The air near the foundry was always dirty.
c. Apt to soil with dirt or grime: a dirty job at the garage.
d. Contaminated with bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.
2. Squalid or filthy; run-down: dirty slums.
3.
a. Obscene or indecent: dirty movies; a dirty joke.
b. Lewd or lecherous: a dirty mind.
4.
a. Unethical or corrupt; sordid: dirty politics.
b. Malicious or scandalous: a dirty lie.
c. Not sportsmanlike: dirty players; a dirty fighter.
d. Acquired by illicit or improper means: dirty money.
e. Slang Possessing or using illegal drugs.
5.
a. Unpleasant or distasteful; thankless: Laying off workers is the dirty part of this job.
b. Extremely unfortunate or regrettable: a dirty shame.
6. Expressing disapproval or hostility: gave us a dirty look.
7. Not bright and clear in color; somewhat dull or drab. Often used in combination: dirty-blonde hair; dirty-green walls.
8.
a. Relating to or being a bomb that uses a conventional explosive and radioactive material to contaminate an area with low-level radiation.
b. Relating to or being a nuclear weapon that produces a very great amount of long-lived radioactive fallout.
9. Stormy; rough: dirty weather.
v. dirt·ied, dirt·y·ing, dirt·ies
v.tr.
1. To make soiled.
2. To stain or tarnish with dishonor.
v.intr.
To become soiled.
dirt′i·ly adv.
dirt′i·ness n.
Synonyms: dirty, filthy, grimy, grubby, squalid
These adjectives apply to what is unclean, impure, or unkempt: dirty clothes; filthy rags; grimy hands; an old grubby stove; a squalid apartment.
These adjectives apply to what is unclean, impure, or unkempt: dirty clothes; filthy rags; grimy hands; an old grubby stove; a squalid apartment.
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Noun | 1. | dirtiness - the state of being unsanitary feculence - something that is feculent sanitary condition - the state of sanitation (clean or dirty) dustiness - the state of being covered with dust griminess, grubbiness - the state of being grimy smuttiness, sootiness - the state of being dirty with soot cleanness - the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities |
2. | dirtiness - the state of containing dirty impurities impureness, impurity - the condition of being impure | |
3. | dirtiness - obscenity in speech or writing bawdiness, lewdness, obscenity, salaciousness, salacity - the trait of behaving in an obscene manner |
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dirtiness
noun1. The condition or state of being dirty:
2. Impure condition:
3. The quality or state of being obscene:
bawdiness, coarseness, filthiness, foulness, grossness, lewdness, obscenity, profaneness, profanity, scurrility, scurrilousness, smuttiness, vulgarity, vulgarness.
Slang: raunch, raunchiness.
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Translations
وَسَخ، قَذارَه
oplzlostšpinavostsprostota
snavs
óhreinleiki, óòrifnaîur
kirlilikpislik
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
dirtiness
n → Schmutzigkeit f; (of story also) → Unanständigkeit f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dirt
(dəːt) noun any unclean substance, such as mud, dust, dung etc. His shoes are covered in dirt.
ˈdirty adjective1. not clean. dirty clothes.
2. mean or unfair. a dirty trick.
3. offensive; obscene. dirty books.
4. (of weather) stormy.
verb to make or become dirty. He dirtied his hands/shoes.
ˈdirtiness nounˌdirt-ˈcheap adjective, adverb
very cheap.
dirt track an earth-track for motor-racing.
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