dirty

1. adjective

1)

a dirty sweatshirt

dirty water

Syn:

soiled, grimy, grubby, filthy, mucky, stained, unwashed, greasy, smeared, smeary, spotted, smudged, cloudy, muddy, dusty, sooty; unclean, sullied, impure, tarnished, polluted, contaminated, defiled, foul, unhygienic, unsanitary; informal cruddy, yucky, icky, grotty, grungy; literary befouled, besmirched, begrimed

Ant:

clean

2)

a dirty joke

Syn:

indecent, obscene, rude, naughty, vulgar, smutty, coarse, crude, filthy, bawdy, suggestive, ribald, racy, salacious, risqué, offensive, off-color, lewd, pornographic, explicit, X-rated; informal blue, triple-X, XXX; euphemistic adult

Ant:

clean

3)

dirty tricks

Syn:

dishonest, deceitful, unscrupulous, dishonorable, unsporting, ungentlemanly, below the belt, unfair, unethical, unprincipled; crooked, double-dealing, underhanded, sly, crafty, devious, sneaky

Ant:

honest, decent

4) informal

a dirty cheat

Syn:

despicable, contemptible, hateful, vile, low, mean, unworthy, worthless, beyond contempt, sordid; informal rotten; archaic scurvy

Ant:

trustworthy, decent

5)

a dirty look

Syn:

malevolent, resentful, hostile, black, dark; angry, cross, indignant, annoyed, disapproving; informal peeved

2. verb

he dirtied her nice clean towels

Syn:

soil, stain, muddy, blacken, mess up, mark, spatter, bespatter, smudge, smear, splatter; sully, pollute, foul, defile; literary befoul, besmirch, begrime

Ant:

clean