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English to English adjective
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soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime |  | Example: 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
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(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency | | Example: dirty words
a dirty old man
dirty books and movies
boys telling dirty jokes
has a dirty mouth
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spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination | | Example: the air near the foundry was always dirty
a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout
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Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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vile; despicable | | Example: a dirty (or lousy) trick
a filthy traitor
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contaminated with infecting organisms | | Example: dirty wounds
obliged to go into infected rooms
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(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear | | Example: dirty
a dirty (or dingy) white
the muddied grey of the sea
muddy colors
dirty-green walls
dirty-blonde hair
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(of a manuscript) defaced with changes | | Example: foul (or dirty) copy
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obtained illegally or by improper means | | Example: dirty money
ill-gotten gains
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expressing or revealing hostility or dislike | | Example: dirty looks
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violating accepted standards or rules | | Example: a dirty fighter
used foul means to gain power
a nasty unsporting serve
fined for unsportsmanlike behavior
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unethical or dishonest | | Example: dirty police officers
a sordid political campaign
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unpleasantly stormy | | Example: there's dirty weather in the offing
source: wordnet30 verb
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make soiled, filthy, or dirty | | Example: don't soil your clothes when you play outside!
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To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands. | | source: webster1913
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