dirty

/dɜrti/ adjectiveverb
5 letters2 syllables9 points in Scrabble®8 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS13
ADJECTIVE
1

Obtained illegally or by improper means.

“dirty money”

2

(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear.

“a dirty (or dingy) white”

“dirty-green walls”

3

Expressing or revealing hostility or dislike.

“dirty looks”

4

(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency.

“dirty words”

“a dirty old man”

5

Unpleasantly stormy.

“there's dirty weather in the offing”

6

(of a manuscript) defaced with changes.

“foul (or dirty) copy”

7

Violating accepted standards or rules.

“a dirty fighter”

8

Unethical or dishonest.

“dirty police officers”

9

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”

10

Vile; despicable.

“a dirty (or lousy) trick”

11

Contaminated with infecting organisms.

“dirty wounds”

12

Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime.

“dirty unswept sidewalks”

“a child in dirty overalls”

VERB
1

Make soiled, filthy, or dirty.

WORD FORMS
Related formdirtiness
Related formdirtying
Related formdirt
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®9 points
Words With Friends®8 points
Double word18 points
Triple word27 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinirtyday
Starts & ends withD … Y
Syllablesdirt · y
SYNONYMS & RELATED86
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