filthy

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filthy

Etymology

From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#FILTHY Category:English terms derived from Middle English#FILTHY filthy, filthi, equivalent to filth +‎ -yCategory:English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)#FILTHY.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɪlθi/Category:English 2-syllable words#FILTHY Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#FILTHY
Audio (US): (file)
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Adjective

filthy (comparative filthier, superlative filthiest)Category:English lemmas#FILTHY Category:English adjectives#FILTHY Category:English entries with incorrect language header#FILTHY Category:Pages with entries#FILTHY Category:Pages with 1 entry#FILTHY

Covered with filth; very dirty.
- 1953 July, Allen Rowley, “First Impressions of American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 492:
  The coaches were filthy outside and did not appear to have been painted or washed for years. Inside there were uncomfortable seats covered with a cane-like material.
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Obscene or offensive.
- 1987, Michael Grumley, Final Diary:
  Filthy smirking Pat Robertson has come in second in the Iowa Republican caucuses.
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Very unpleasant or disagreeable.
- 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
  Oh, that filthy dream again. Nightmares are bad enough but when it comes to night-toads—!
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(Australia Category:Australian English#FILTHY, slang Category:English slang#FILTHY) Angry; upset; severely annoyed.
- 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 166:
  Terrific fun it was. My best mate saved me, and the teacher was filthy.
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Synonyms

(covered with filth): sleazy, slimy, grimy, horry
(obscene): gruesome, smutty

Antonyms

(covered with filth): pristine
(obscene): holy, venerable

Derived terms

Translations

covered with filth; very dirty

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Azerbaijani: kirli (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#FILTHY, çirkCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#FILTHY, çirkliCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#FILTHY, bulaşıqCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#FILTHY
Bulgarian: мръсен (bg) (mrǎsen)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#FILTHY, кирлив (bg) (kirliv)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#FILTHY
Catalan: impur (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#FILTHY
Chinese:
Mandarin: 污穢 / 污秽 (zh) (wūhuì)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#FILTHY
Danish: snavsetCategory:Terms with Danish translations#FILTHY, beskidtCategory:Terms with Danish translations#FILTHY
Dutch: smerig (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#FILTHY, vuil (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#FILTHY
Esperanto: malpuregaCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#FILTHY
Finnish: likainen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#FILTHY, saastainen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#FILTHY, kuppainen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#FILTHY
French: crasseux (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#FILTHY, cradingue (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#FILTHY
Galician: cotrosoCategory:Terms with Galician translations#FILTHY, cotrentoCategory:Terms with Galician translations#FILTHY, cotrañentoCategory:Terms with Galician translations#FILTHY, porco (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#FILTHY
German: dreckig (de)Category:Terms with German translations#FILTHY, verdreckt (de)Category:Terms with German translations#FILTHY, versifft (de)Category:Terms with German translations#FILTHY (slang)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ῥυπαρός (rhuparós)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#FILTHY
Hungarian: mocskos (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#FILTHY, szennyes (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#FILTHY
Irish: cáidheachCategory:Terms with Irish translations#FILTHY
Italian: sudicio (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#FILTHY, lercio (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#FILTHY
Japanese: 薄汚い (ja) (usugitanai)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#FILTHY
Kazakh: арам (aram)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#FILTHY
Korean: 누추 (ko) (nuchu)Category:Terms with Korean translations#FILTHY
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: چەپەڵ (çepell)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#FILTHY, بۆگەن (bogen)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#FILTHY
Latin: sordidusCategory:Terms with Latin translations#FILTHY, paedidusCategory:Terms with Latin translations#FILTHY, squalidusCategory:Terms with Latin translations#FILTHY, caenōsusCategory:Terms with Latin translations#FILTHY
Māori: manuhekoCategory:Terms with Māori translations#FILTHY, paruparuCategory:Terms with Māori translations#FILTHY, poke (mi)Category:Terms with Māori translations#FILTHY
Norman: cracheuxCategory:Terms with Norman translations#FILTHY
Norwegian: møkketeCategory:Terms with Norwegian translations#FILTHY
Bokmål: ureinsligCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#FILTHY, urensligCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#FILTHY

Nynorsk: ureinslegCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#FILTHY, griseteCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#FILTHY
Old English: adelihtCategory:Terms with Old English translations#FILTHY
Persian: پلید (fa) (palid)Category:Terms with Persian translations#FILTHY
Polabian: x́örĕCategory:Terms with Polabian translations#FILTHY
Polish: brudny (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#FILTHY
Portuguese: imundo (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#FILTHY
Quechua: saqraCategory:Terms with Quechua translations#FILTHY
Russian: гря́зный (ru) (grjáznyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FILTHY, запа́чканный (ru) (zapáčkannyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FILTHY, замы́зганный (ru) (zamýzgannyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FILTHY
Scots: keechieCategory:Terms with Scots translations#FILTHY, kichieCategory:Terms with Scots translations#FILTHY
Scottish Gaelic: cacaCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#FILTHY
Spanish: sucio (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#FILTHY, mugriento (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#FILTHY, mugrosoCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#FILTHY, inmundo (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#FILTHY, cochambrosoCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#FILTHY
Swedish: smutsig (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#FILTHY
Telugu: మురికి (te) (muriki)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#FILTHY
Tocharian B: kraketstseCategory:Terms with Tocharian B translations#FILTHY
Turkish: pis (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#FILTHY, kirli (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#FILTHY
Ottoman Turkish: پیس (pis)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#FILTHY, مردار (murdar)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#FILTHY

obscene or offensive

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Bulgarian: циничен (bg) (ciničen)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#FILTHY, непристоен (bg) (nepristoen)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#FILTHY
Catalan: obscè (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#FILTHY, groller (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#FILTHY
Danish: svinskCategory:Terms with Danish translations#FILTHY, sjofelCategory:Terms with Danish translations#FILTHY
Finnish: likainen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#FILTHY, saastainen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#FILTHY
Galician: porco (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#FILTHY
German: dreckig (de)Category:Terms with German translations#FILTHY, schmutzig (de)Category:Terms with German translations#FILTHY
Irish: graostaCategory:Terms with Irish translations#FILTHY, cáidheachCategory:Terms with Irish translations#FILTHY
Italian: osceno (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#FILTHY, sconcio (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#FILTHY, laido (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#FILTHY, indecente (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#FILTHY, immorale (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#FILTHY
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: قۆڕ (qorr)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#FILTHY
Latin: sordidusCategory:Terms with Latin translations#FILTHY
Māori: poke (mi)Category:Terms with Māori translations#FILTHY
Norwegian: slibrig (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian translations#FILTHY
Polish: sprośny (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#FILTHY
Portuguese: sujo (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#FILTHY
Russian: гря́зный (ru) (grjáznyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FILTHY, непристо́йный (ru) (nepristójnyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FILTHY, неприли́чный (ru) (neprilíčnyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FILTHY, по́шлый (ru) (póšlyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FILTHY, вульга́рный (ru) (vulʹgárnyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FILTHY, непотре́бный (ru) (nepotrébnyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FILTHY, ме́рзкий (ru) (mérzkij)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FILTHY
Scottish Gaelic: drabasdaCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#FILTHY, drabasdachCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#FILTHY
Spanish: sucio (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#FILTHY, obsceno (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#FILTHY, guarro (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#FILTHY, (Mexico) pelado (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#FILTHY
Swedish: snuskig (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#FILTHY
Turkish: müstehcen (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#FILTHY, açık saçık (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#FILTHY, ayıp (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#FILTHY

very unpleasant or disagreeable

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German: widerlich (de)Category:Terms with German translations#FILTHY, schmutzig (de)Category:Terms with German translations#FILTHY, unsauber (de)Category:Terms with German translations#FILTHY

Verb

filthy (third-person singular simple present filthies, present participle filthying, simple past and past participle filthied)Category:English lemmas#FILTHY Category:English verbs#FILTHY Category:English entries with incorrect language header#FILTHY Category:Pages with entries#FILTHY Category:Pages with 1 entry#FILTHY

(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#FILTHY) To make very dirty; to saturate something with dirt.
- 2007, Tom Bissell, Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia:
  In the years following World War Two, Americans cut down vast forests, built thousands of factories, assembled millions of atmospherically toxic automobiles, and filthied the water throughout North America.
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(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#FILTHY) To cover in filth.
- 2009, Jeffery Deaver, Hell's Kitchen:
  He shouldered his way inside, filthying his T-shirt on the charred wood.
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Translations

to make dirty throughout; to contaminate

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German: verschmutzen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#FILTHY

to cover in filth

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German: beschmutzen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#FILTHY

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