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   Filth·y

   /ˈfilTHē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. disgustingly dirty: "a filthy hospital with no sanitation" Similar dirtymuckygrimymuddymurkyslimyuncleanfoulsqualidsordidshabbysleazynastysoiledsulliedscummypollutedcontaminatedunhygienicunsanitaryrottendefileddecayingputridputrefiedsmellyfetidfecalinformal:cruddygrungyyuckygrottyboggingliterary:befouledbesmirchedbegrimedrare:feculentunwasheduncleandirtygrimydirt-encrustedsmearedsmearygrubbymuddymuckyblackblackenedbegrimedstainedunkemptOpposite cleancleanscrubbed
   • ▪ obscene and offensive: "filthy language" Similar obsceneindecentdirtysmuttyrudeimpropercorruptcoarsebawdyunrefinedindelicatevulgarlewdracyrawoff colorearthyribaldrisquélicentiousviledepravedfoulimpureoffensiveprurientsalaciouspornographicexplicitfoul-mouthedinformal:blueraunchynear the knuckle/bonenudge-nudgepornpornoX-ratedeuphemistic:adultOpposite cleanpolite
   • ▪ (of weather) very unpleasant: "it looked like a filthy night"
   • ▪ (of a mood) bad-tempered and aggressive: "he arrived at the meeting half an hour late in a filthy temper" Similar badfoulunpleasantbad-temperedill-temperedirritablegrumpygrouchycantankerouscurmudgeonlyaggressivecrossfractiouspeevishshort-temperedhot-temperedquick-temperedinformal:snappishsnappychippyon a short fuseshort-fusedshirtystroppynarkyrattycrankyornerypeckishsoreheadedinformal, dated:waxymiffyOpposite good
   • ▪ used to express one's anger and disgust: "you filthy beast" Similar despicablecontemptiblenastylowbasemeanviledisgustingunpleasantobnoxiouswretchedshabbysordidinformal:dirtydirty rottenlowdownno-goodbeastlylousy

   adverb

   • 1. to an extreme and often disgusting extent: informal "he has become filthy rich"

   Derivatives

   • 1. filthily adverb
   • 2. filthiness noun

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