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   Filth

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   noun

   • 1. disgusting dirt: "stagnant pools of filth" Similar dirtmuckgrimemudmiresludgeslimeoozefoul matterexcrementexcretadungmanureorduresewagerefusegarbagetrashdrossscumpollutioncontaminationdefilementdecayputrefactionputrescencesqualorsqualidnesssordidnessshabbinesssleazinessfilthinessuncleannessfoulnessnastinessrubbishinformal:crudgrotgungegrungeyuck
   • ▪ obscene and offensive language or printed material: "some calls were vitriolic, accusing us of publishing pornography and filth" Similar pornographypornographic literature/films/videosdirty bookssmutviceobscenityindecencycorruptionlewdnessrudenessvulgaritycoarsenesscrudenessgrossnessvilenessnastinessimmoralityinformal:pornhard pornsoft pornpornoraunchiness
   • ▪ corrupt behavior; decadence.
   • ▪ used as a term of abuse for a person or people one greatly despises: "I can’t believe she married that filth"
   • ▪ the police.

   Word Origin Old Englishfȳlth ‘rotting matter, rottenness’, also ‘corruption, obscenity’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vuilte, also to foul.

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   What is the synonym of filthy?

   • Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms: filthy, foul, nasty(adj) disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter dirty, filthy, lousy(adj) vile; despicable cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty(adj) characterized by obscenity

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   What is the meaning of Filth?

   • filth n. #obscenity, grime earth n. #soil, terrain ground n. #earth, soil grime n. #clean, thing dust n., v. #soil, grime muck n. #grime, clean mire n. #grime, corruption smut n.

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   • Get a quick, free translation! FILTHY definition: 1. extremely or unpleasantly dirty: 2. containing sexually offensive words or pictures: 3. In…. Learn more.

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   What is the difference between foul and filthy?

   • The words foul and filthy are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, foul implies extreme offensiveness and an accumulation of what is rotten or stinking; it can also describe, for example, loathsome behavior.

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   • While all these words mean "conspicuously unclean or impure," filthy carries a strong suggestion of offensiveness and typically of gradually accumulated dirt that begrimes and besmears. Figuratively, it can also describe disgusting obscenity. When might dirty be a better fit than filthy?

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   Is 'Filth' a 'tsunami of Filth'?

   • Adapted from a book by the same author, Filth has arrived with an identical swagger. He tried to peddle this filth all over Washington, but not one member of Congress or one member of the press corps would touch it. The head of the BBC Trust, the former governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, described the allegations as a “tsunami of filth.”

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