Dirty meaning

What does “dirty” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“dirty” is a verb and adjective with 13 meanings. Its most common meaning is: make soiled, filthy, or dirty.

dirty

make soiled, filthy, or dirty
“don't soil your clothes when you play outside!”
Synonymssoil begrime grime colly bemire
Oppositesclean

soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
“dirty unswept sidewalks”
“a child in dirty overalls”
Synonymssoiled unclean
Oppositesclean
(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
“dirty words”
“a dirty old man”
Oppositesclean
vile; despicable
“a dirty (or lousy) trick”
“a filthy traitor”
Synonymsfilthy lousy
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”
Synonymscontaminating
Oppositesclean
contaminated with infecting organisms
“dirty wounds”
“obliged to go into infected rooms”
Synonymspestiferous
(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear is often used in combination
“dirty”
“a dirty (or dingy) white”
Synonymsdingy muddied muddy
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
“foul (or dirty) copy”
Synonymsfoul marked-up
obtained illegally or by improper means
“dirty money”
“ill-gotten gains”
Synonymsill-gotten
expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
“dirty looks”
violating accepted standards or rules
“a dirty fighter”
“used foul means to gain power”
Synonymscheating foul unsporting unsportsmanlike
unethical or dishonest
“dirty police officers”
“a sordid political campaign”
Synonymssordid shoddy
unpleasantly stormy
“there's dirty weather in the offing”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University