'Dirty' definitions:

Definition of 'dirty'

(from WordNet)
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" [syn: dirty, soiled, unclean] [ant: clean]
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" [ant: clean, unobjectionable]
adjective
Vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor" [syn: dirty, filthy, lousy]
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" [syn: dirty, contaminating] [ant: clean, uncontaminating]
adjective
Contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen [syn: dirty, pestiferous]
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" [syn: dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy]
adjective
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy" [syn: dirty, foul, marked-up]
adjective
Obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill- gotten gains" [syn: dirty, ill-gotten]
adjective
Expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"
adjective
Violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [syn: cheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike]
adjective
Unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign" [syn: dirty, sordid]
adjective
Unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"
verb
Make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" [syn: dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire] [ant: clean, make clean]

Definition of 'Dirty'

From: GCIDE
  • Dirty \Dirt"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dirtied; p. pr. & vb. n. Dirtying.]
  • 1. To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dirty'

From: GCIDE
  • Dirty \Dirt"y\, a. [Compar. Dirtier; superl. Dirtiest.]
  • 1. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow. [1913 Webster]
  • The creature's at his dirty work again. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather. [1913 Webster]
  • Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea. --M. Arnold.
  • Syn: Nasty; filthy; foul. See Nasty. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'dirty'

From: GCIDE
  • Colorless \Col"or*less\, a.
  • 1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water; a colorless gas.
  • Note: [Narrower terms: {ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen}; neutral; white] [Also See: achromatic, colorless.] [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be colorless. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. having lost its normal color.
  • Note: [Narrower terms: {blanched, etiolate, etiolated, whitened}; bleached, faded, washed-out, washy; dimmed, dulled, grayed; dirty; {dull, sober, somber, subfusc}] colored
  • Syn: colorless, uncolored, uncoloured. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

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