Word Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 1
"don''t soil your clothes when you play outside!"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
adjective satellite
Sense 5
"dirty" is often used in combination"
"a dirty (or dingy) white"
"the muddied gray of the sea"
"muddy colors"
"dirty-green walls"
"dirty-blonde hair"
Similar:
impure
adjective
Sense 7
"the air near the foundry was always dirty"
"the air near the foundry was always dirty"
"a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout"
adjective
Sense 8
"dirty words"
"a dirty old man"
"dirty books and movies"
"boys telling dirty jokes"
"has a dirty mouth"
See also:
indecent
adjective
Sense 9
"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 dir"
Opposites:
clean
adjective satellite
Sense 11
"a dirty (or lousy) trick"
"a filthy traitor"
adjective satellite
Sense 12
"a dirty fighter"
"used foul means to gain power"
"a nasty unsporting serve"
"fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
adjective satellite
Sense 13
"dirty wounds"
"obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen"
Similar:
septic
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
13
Total Synonyms
27
Total Relationships
51
Times Searched
3
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