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eng: dirty

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means(verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
dirty, grime, colly, begrime, bemire, soil
means(adjective) 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"
unclean, dirty, soiled
means(adjective) (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"
dirty
means(adjective) vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"
dirty, filthy, lousy
means(adjective) 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"
contaminating, dirty
means(adjective) contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
pestiferous, dirty
means(adjective) (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"
muddied, dirty, dingy, muddy
means(adjective) (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
foul, dirty, marked-up
means(adjective) obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"
dirty, ill-gotten
means(adjective) expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"
dirty
means(adjective) violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
dirty, cheating, unsportsmanlike, foul, unsporting
means(adjective) unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"
sordid, dirty
means(adjective) unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"
dirty

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