dirty; soiled; unclean




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"

Antonym:
  • clean

Nearest:
  • Augean
  • bedraggled; draggled
  • befouled; fouled
  • begrimed; dingy; grimy; grubby; grungy; raunchy
  • black; smutty
  • buggy
  • cobwebby
  • dirty-faced
  • feculent
  • filthy; foul; nasty
  • flyblown; squalid; sordid
  • greasy; oily
  • lousy
  • maculate
  • mucky; muddy
  • ratty
  • scummy
  • smudgy
  • snotty; snot-nosed
  • sooty
  • travel-soiled; travel-stained
  • uncleanly
  • unswept
  • unwashed


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