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Dirty

🔄 Synonyms of "Dirty"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
salacious	Promoting sexual desire or lust.
obsceneverb	Offensive to standards of decency or morality.
sordid	Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.
scabrous	Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.
bluenoun	Of a blue hue.
lewdnoun	Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
profanenoun	Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
blacknoun	(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
feculent	Dirty with faeces or other impurities
foulnoun	(sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
awfulnoun	Very bad.
corruptverb	Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
nastynoun	Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
smuttyverb	(figurative) Obscene, indecent.
bedraggled	Wet, limp, and unkempt; in disarray due to being doused with water, exposed to the elements, etc.
maculateverb	To spot; to stain; to blur.
hostilenoun	Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
soilnoun	(uncountable) A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
bawdynoun	(of language) Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude; ribald.
begrimed	Dirty, soiled, grimy.
soiled	(also figuratively) Dirty, defiled, stained.
illegible	Not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable.
lousy	(colloquial) Remarkably bad; of poor quality.
grimy	Stained or covered with grime.
dingynoun	Shabby, squalid, uncared-for.

↔️ Antonyms of "Dirty"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
cleanverb	Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
unobjectionable	Not objectionable; not causing any objection.
make cleanverb	make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
uncontaminating	not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dirty"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
foul	Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
squalid	Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
dingy	Shabby, squalid, uncared-for.
scummynoun	Covered in scum.
contaminatedverb	made unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.
grubby	Dirty, unwashed, unclean.
impurenoun	Not pure
nasty	Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
begrimed	Dirty, soiled, grimy.
grimy	Stained or covered with grime.
grungynoun	Dirty; shabby; in disrepair.
bedraggled	Wet, limp, and unkempt; in disarray due to being doused with water, exposed to the elements, etc.
grimenoun	Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
unclean	Dirty, soiled or foul.
filthy	Covered with filth; very dirty.
soiled	(also figuratively) Dirty, defiled, stained.
foul-spoken	foul-mouthed
sordid	Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.
flyblown	tainted
lousy	(colloquial) Remarkably bad; of poor quality.