dirty

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US /ˈdɝti/ UK /ˈdɜːti/ See IPA manual

adj Freq #1093

Meanings

1

adj
Not clean; covered with dirt or marks.

Take off those dirty shoes before you come inside.
2

adj
Rude or offensive, especially about sex.

He kept telling dirty jokes at the party.
3

adj
Unfair, dishonest, or against the rules.

He won the match by playing a dirty trick.
4

adj
Showing anger or dislike.

She gave me a dirty look when I interrupted her.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · not clean; covered with... soiled unclean

3 adj · unfair, dishonest, or... foul sordid

More assoil beclart bedaub bedirty bedizen befile befilth befoul begrime beraybeshitbesmear

Opposites

clean

Word family

Forms dirtieddirtierdirtiesdirtiestdirtilydirtinessdirtying

Derived forms bedirtydirtilydirtinessdirty-handeddirtybadwrongdirtyishnondirtyquick-and-dirtyun-dirtyundirty

Related forms unclean worsen

Etymology

From Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German drēterich (“dirty”). See also drite.

dirti Middle English

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Describing Qualities

# dirty

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈdɝti
**IPA (UK):** ˈdɜːti
**Frequency rank:** 1093

## Meanings
1. Not clean; covered with dirt or marks.
2. Rude or offensive, especially about sex.
3. Unfair, dishonest, or against the rules.
4. Showing anger or dislike.

## Examples
- Take off those dirty shoes before you come inside.
- He kept telling dirty jokes at the party.
- He won the match by playing a dirty trick.
- She gave me a dirty look when I interrupted her.

## Synonyms
- assoil
- beclart
- bedaub
- bedirty
- bedizen
- befile
- befilth
- befoul
- begrime
- beray
- beshit
- besmear

## Antonyms
- clean

## Derived Forms
- bedirty
- dirtily
- dirtiness
- dirty-handed
- dirtybadwrong
- dirtyish
- nondirty
- quick-and-dirty
- un-dirty
- undirty

## Related Forms
- unclean
- worsen

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dirti
- Affix: -y - full of

## Etymology
From Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German drēterich (“dirty”). See also drite.

## AI Etymology
dirty comes from Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German drēterich (“dirty”). See also drite. Current senses include Not clean; covered with dirt or marks and Rude or offensive, especially about sex. English relatives and later formations include bedirty, dirtily, dirtiness, unclean, worsen.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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