Meaning & Definition of Dirty in English

1. Make soiled, filthy, or dirty

• "Don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

1. 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"

2. (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"

3. Vile

• Despicable

• "A dirty (or lousy) trick"

• "A filthy traitor"

4. 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"

5. Contaminated with infecting organisms

• "Dirty wounds"

• "Obliged to go into infected rooms"- jane austen

6. (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"

7. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes

• "Foul (or dirty) copy"

8. Obtained illegally or by improper means

• "Dirty money"

• "Ill-gotten gains"

9. Expressing or revealing hostility or dislike

• "Dirty looks"

10. Violating accepted standards or rules

• "A dirty fighter"

• "Used foul means to gain power"

• "A nasty unsporting serve"

• "Fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"

11. Unethical or dishonest

• "Dirty police officers"

• "A sordid political campaign"

12. Unpleasantly stormy

• "There's dirty weather in the offing"