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dirty

adj · adv · noun · verb · 37 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˈdɜːti/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈdɝti/
  • General-American: [ˈdɝɾi]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ti
  • CMU ARPABET: D ER1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: filthy, soiled, sordid, unclean, unwashed, befouled, besmirched, clarty, cruddy, dirtsome, dirty, foul, grotty, grubby, horry, icky, lousy, manky, nasty, seamy, squalid, sullied, yucky

Antonyms: clean, clean as a bean, clean as a hound's tooth, clean as a new penny, clean as a new pin, clean as a whistle, immaculate, pristine, spick-and-span, spotless, squeaky clean, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied

2

adj

Meaning 2

That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Don't put that in your mouth, dear. It's dirty.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • At the reception, Uncle Nick got drunk and told dirty jokes to the bridesmaids.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: indecent, lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Dishonorable; violating accepted standards or rules.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He might have scored, but it was a dirty trick that won him the penalty.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cheating, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike

Antonyms: sportsmanlike

5

adj

Meaning 5

Corrupt, illegal, or improper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I won't accept your dirty money!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: base, dishonest, dishonorable, filthy, despicable, lousy, mean, sordid, unethical, vile

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Out of tune.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • You need to tune that guitar: the G string sounds dirty.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Of color, discolored by impurities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The old flag was a dirty white.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dingy, dullish, muddied, muddy

Antonyms: bright, pure

8

adj

Meaning 8

Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • Occasionally it reads the sector into a dirty buffer, which means it needs to sync the dirty buffer first.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adj

Meaning 9

Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Examples

  • None of y'all get into my car if you're dirty.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adj

Meaning 10

Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • He lives in a dirty great mansion.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adj

Meaning 11

Sleety; gusty; stormy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • dirty weather

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adj

Meaning 12

Of an alcoholic beverage, especially a cocktail or mixed drink: served with the juice of olives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Examples

  • dirty martini

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: neat

13

adj

Meaning 13

Of food, indulgent in an unhealthy way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

adj

Meaning 14

Of food, covered in an array of indulgent toppings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

adj

Meaning 15

Spreading harmful radiation over a wide area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a dirty explosion
  • a dirty bomb

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

adj

Meaning 16

Having the undercarriage or flaps in the down position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: clean

17

adj

Meaning 17

Of an audio recording: containing unwanted noise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

adj

Meaning 18

Producing much ash.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cellular-automata, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

adv

Meaning 19

In a dirty manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to play dirty

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deceptively, dirtily, indecently, underhandedly

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

Anything that is dirty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To make (something) dirty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: soil, taint, sully

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dishonour, slander, sully, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel, besmirch, besmear, bewray, blacken, blame, blaze, blemish, blot, blur, calumniate, calumny, chat shit, chat shite, cloud, defame, demonize, denigrate, deprave, depreciate, detract, dirty, discredit, disgrace, disparage, disrepute, diss, drag through the mud, forgab, forspeak, foul, infamize, lampoon, libel, malign, monsterize, muddy, reproach, revile, scandal, shit-talk, slag, smear, smirch, spatter, spot, speak ill of, stab, stain, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, tarnish, torch, traduce, trash-talk, unflatter, vilify, vilipend, villainize, wrong

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: avile, degrade, devalue, abase, debase, debauch, depreciate, devaluate, dirty, elevate, vitiate

Antonyms: none provided

24

verb

Meaning 24

To become soiled; to soil or defecate on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: defile, dirten, muddy, sully

Antonyms: none provided

25

adjective

Meaning 25

soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: soiled, unclean

Antonyms: clean

26

adjective

Meaning 26

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dirty words
  • a dirty old man
  • dirty books and movies
  • boys telling dirty jokes
  • has a dirty mouth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: clean

27

adjective

Meaning 27

spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the air near the foundry was always dirty
  • a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: contaminating

Antonyms: clean

28

adjective satellite

Meaning 28

unpleasantly stormy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • there's dirty weather in the offing

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

adjective satellite

Meaning 29

unethical or dishonest

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dirty police officers
  • a sordid political campaign

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sordid

Antonyms: none provided

30

adjective satellite

Meaning 30

violating accepted standards or rules

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a dirty fighter
  • used foul means to gain power
  • a nasty unsporting serve
  • fined for unsportsmanlike behavior

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cheating(a), foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike

Antonyms: none provided

31

adjective satellite

Meaning 31

expressing or revealing hostility or dislike

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dirty looks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

adjective satellite

Meaning 32

obtained illegally or by improper means

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dirty money
  • ill-gotten gains

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ill-gotten

Antonyms: none provided

33

adjective satellite

Meaning 33

(of a manuscript) defaced with changes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • foul (or dirty) copy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: foul, marked-up

Antonyms: none provided

34

adjective satellite

Meaning 34

vile; despicable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a dirty (or lousy) trick
  • a filthy traitor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: filthy, lousy

Antonyms: none provided

35

adjective satellite

Meaning 35

(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear is often used in combination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dirty
  • a dirty (or dingy) white
  • the muddied grey of the sea
  • muddy colors
  • dirty-green walls
  • dirty-blonde hair

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dingy, muddied, muddy

Antonyms: none provided

36

adjective satellite

Meaning 36

contaminated with infecting organisms- Jane Austen

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dirty wounds
  • obliged to go into infected rooms

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pestiferous

Antonyms: none provided

37

verb

Meaning 37

make soiled, filthy, or dirty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • don't soil your clothes when you play outside!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire

Antonyms: clean

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

Narrower terms: foul, pollute, contaminate, smear, slime, muddy, muddy up, splash, mire, muck, mud, muck up, crock, blemish, spot

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

602 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vuil — covered with or containing dirt
  • Ainu: アチカ (acika) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Ainu: ヤヤシㇱ (yayasis) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Albanian: ndyrë — covered with or containing dirt
  • Aleut: quqdax̂ — covered with or containing dirt
  • Northern Altai: малгаштыг (malgaštïg) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Northern Altai: кирлиг (kirlig) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Southern Altai: кирлӱ (kirlü) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Southern Altai: балкашту (balkaštu) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Arabic: قَذِر (qaḏir) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Arabic: وَسِخ (wasiḵ) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Arabic: وِسِخ (wisiḵ) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Arabic: معَفِّن (miʕaffin) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Arabic: موسخ (musəḵ) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Armenian: կեղտոտ (keġtot) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Assamese: লেতেৰা (letera) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Asturian: puercu — covered with or containing dirt
  • Asturian: suciu — covered with or containing dirt
  • Asturian: gochu — covered with or containing dirt
  • Azerbaijani: çirkli — covered with or containing dirt
  • Azerbaijani: kirli — covered with or containing dirt
  • Bashkir: бысраҡ (bısraq) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Basque: zikin — covered with or containing dirt
  • Belarusian: бру́дны (brúdny) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Bengali: নোংরা (nōṅra) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Bhojpuri: गंदा (gandā) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin: kotor — covered with or containing dirt
  • Bulgarian: мръ́сен (mrǎ́sen) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Bulgarian: изца́пан (izcápan) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Burmese: ညစ် (nyac) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Burmese: ပေ (pe) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Catalan: brut — covered with or containing dirt
  • Catalan: llord — covered with or containing dirt
  • Chamicuro: pa'sawa — covered with or containing dirt
  • Chechen: боьха (böxa) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎦᏓᎭᎢ (agadahai) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Chinese Cantonese: 污糟 (wu1 zou1) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Chinese Cantonese: 污糟邋遢 (wu1 zou1 laat6 taat3) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Chinese: зон (zon) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Chinese: зонщи (zonxi) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Chinese: нон (non) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 垃渣 (lă-că) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Chinese: 癩𰣻 /癞𰣻 (thái-ko) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Chinese: 垃圾 (zh-min-nan) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Chinese: 腌臢 (zh-min-nan) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Chinese: 垃儳 (zh-min-nan) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Chinese Mandarin: 髒 /脏 (zāng) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Wu Chinese: 齷齪 /龌龊 — covered with or containing dirt
  • East Circassian: фӏей (fʼej) — covered with or containing dirt
  • West Circassian: шӏои (šwʼoji) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Ngazidja Comorian: -a nkuɗi — covered with or containing dirt
  • Czech: špinavý — covered with or containing dirt
  • Danish: beskidt — covered with or containing dirt
  • Danish: uren — covered with or containing dirt
  • Dutch: vuil — covered with or containing dirt
  • Dutch: smerig — covered with or containing dirt
  • Dutch: vies — covered with or containing dirt
  • Erzya: рудазов (rudazov) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Esperanto: malpura — covered with or containing dirt
  • Estonian: räpane — covered with or containing dirt
  • Faroese: skitin — covered with or containing dirt
  • Finnish: likainen — covered with or containing dirt
  • Finnish: törkyinen — covered with or containing dirt
  • French: sale — covered with or containing dirt
  • West-Frisian: smoarch — covered with or containing dirt
  • West-Frisian: gruzich — covered with or containing dirt
  • Friulian: sporc — covered with or containing dirt
  • Fwâi: geek — covered with or containing dirt
  • Galician: sucio — covered with or containing dirt
  • Georgian: ბინძური (binʒuri) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Georgian: ჭუჭყიანი (č̣uč̣q̇iani) — covered with or containing dirt
  • German: schmutzig — covered with or containing dirt
  • German: dreckig — covered with or containing dirt
  • German: verdreckt — covered with or containing dirt
  • Gilbertese: buritoto — covered with or containing dirt
  • Gilbertese: bakanana — covered with or containing dirt
  • Greek: βρόμικος (vrómikos) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Greek: ακάθαρτος (akáthartos) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Greek: λερωμένος (leroménos) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Ancient Greek: μυσαρός (musarós) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Mbya Guarani: ky'a — covered with or containing dirt
  • Hawaiian: lepo — covered with or containing dirt
  • Hebrew: מלוכלך \ מְלֻכְלָךְ (m'lukhlákh) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Hindi: गंदा (gandā) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Hindi: मैला (mailā) — covered with or containing dirt
  • White Hmong: txab — covered with or containing dirt
  • White Hmong: ceb — covered with or containing dirt
  • Hungarian: piszkos — covered with or containing dirt
  • Hungarian: koszos — covered with or containing dirt
  • Icelandic: óhreinn — covered with or containing dirt
  • Ido: sordida — covered with or containing dirt
  • Ido: desneta — covered with or containing dirt
  • Indonesian: kotor — covered with or containing dirt
  • Ingush: бӏеха (bˀexa) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Inuttitut: ainnik — covered with or containing dirt
  • Inuttitut: ippak — covered with or containing dirt
  • Inuttitut: itjunak — covered with or containing dirt
  • Inuttitut: salumaittuk — covered with or containing dirt
  • Irish: salach — covered with or containing dirt
  • Irish: cáidheach — covered with or containing dirt
  • Italian: sporco — covered with or containing dirt
  • Italian: sudicio — covered with or containing dirt
  • Italian: lurido — covered with or containing dirt
  • Italian: lercio — covered with or containing dirt
  • Jamaican Creole: dutty — covered with or containing dirt
  • Japanese: 汚い (kitanai) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Japanese: 汚れている (yogoreteiru) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Javanese: reged — covered with or containing dirt
  • Jawe: geek — covered with or containing dirt
  • Kaingang: kavéj — covered with or containing dirt
  • Kalmyk: бузр (buzr) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Kapampangan: madinat — covered with or containing dirt
  • Kapampangan: marinat — covered with or containing dirt
  • Kashubian: brëdny — covered with or containing dirt
  • Kazakh: кір (kır) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Kazakh: лас (las) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Kazakh: батпақты (batpaqty) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Khmer: ក្រខ្វក់ (krɑɑkhvɑk) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Khmer: កខ្វក់ (kɑɑkɑkvɑk) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Khmer: ប្រឡាក់ (prɑɑlak) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Korean: 더럽다 (deoreopda) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Central Kurdish: چڵکن (çillkin) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Northern Kurdish: pîs — covered with or containing dirt
  • Northern Kurdish: qirêjî — covered with or containing dirt
  • Northern Kurdish: rêvin — covered with or containing dirt
  • Northern Kurdish: herrimî — covered with or containing dirt
  • Northern Kurdish: lewitî — covered with or containing dirt
  • Kyrgyz: кир (kir) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Kyrgyz: баткак (batkak) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Lao: ເປື້ອນ (pư̄an) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Latin: sordidus — covered with or containing dirt
  • Latin: impuratus — covered with or containing dirt
  • Latin: impurus — covered with or containing dirt
  • Latvian: netīrs — covered with or containing dirt
  • Lithuanian: nešvarus — covered with or containing dirt
  • Lithuanian: purvinas — covered with or containing dirt
  • Lithuanian: bjaurus — covered with or containing dirt
  • Macedonian: валкан (valkan) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Malay: kotor — covered with or containing dirt
  • Maltese: maħmuġ — covered with or containing dirt
  • Marathi: मळकट (maḷkaṭ) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Marathi: घाणेरडे (ghāṇerḍe) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Marathi: घाण (ghāṇ) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Mongolian: бохир (boxir) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Mongolian: заваан (zavaan) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Navajo: niłhin — covered with or containing dirt
  • Navajo: chin bąąh — covered with or containing dirt
  • Neapolitan: nzivato — covered with or containing dirt
  • Nemi: geek — covered with or containing dirt
  • Nepali: मैलो (mailo) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Norman: sale — covered with or containing dirt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skitten — covered with or containing dirt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ureinslig — covered with or containing dirt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: urenslig — covered with or containing dirt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skitten — covered with or containing dirt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ureinsleg — covered with or containing dirt
  • Occitan: brut — covered with or containing dirt
  • Occitan: lord — covered with or containing dirt
  • Odia: ମଇଳା (maiḷā) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Old English: fūl — covered with or containing dirt
  • Old English: unclǣne — covered with or containing dirt
  • Old English: adeliht — covered with or containing dirt
  • Pashto: سخا (sxâ) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Pashto: خيرن (xirën) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Persian: کثیف (kasif) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Persian: پلید (palid) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Pije: geek — covered with or containing dirt
  • Plautdietsch: orrein — covered with or containing dirt
  • Plautdietsch: schmutzich — covered with or containing dirt
  • Polish: brudny — covered with or containing dirt
  • Portuguese: sujo — covered with or containing dirt
  • Quechua: ganra — covered with or containing dirt
  • Quechua: ch'ichi — covered with or containing dirt
  • Rapa Nui: havahava — covered with or containing dirt
  • Romanian: murdar — covered with or containing dirt
  • Romanian: nespălat — covered with or containing dirt
  • Romanian: jegos — covered with or containing dirt
  • Romansh: malnet — covered with or containing dirt
  • Romansh: tschuf — covered with or containing dirt
  • Russian: гря́зный (grjáznyj) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Russian: испа́чканный (ispáčkannyj) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Sanskrit: मल (mala) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Campidanese Sardinian: feu — covered with or containing dirt
  • Scots: clarty — covered with or containing dirt
  • Scottish Gaelic: caca — covered with or containing dirt
  • Serbo-Croatian: нечист — covered with or containing dirt
  • Serbo-Croatian: прљав — covered with or containing dirt
  • Serbo-Croatian: nečist — covered with or containing dirt
  • Serbo-Croatian: prljav — covered with or containing dirt
  • Sicilian: lordu — covered with or containing dirt
  • Sicilian: sporcu — covered with or containing dirt
  • Sicilian: nzivatu — covered with or containing dirt
  • Sicilian: loddu — covered with or containing dirt
  • Sinhalese: කිලිටි (kiliṭi) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Slovak: špinavý — covered with or containing dirt
  • Slovene: umazan — covered with or containing dirt
  • Somali: warakh — covered with or containing dirt
  • Lower Sorbian: njerěšny — covered with or containing dirt
  • Lower Sorbian: brudny — covered with or containing dirt
  • Lower Sorbian: bakany — covered with or containing dirt
  • Upper Sorbian: mazany — covered with or containing dirt
  • Spanish: sucio — covered with or containing dirt
  • Spanish: chuco — covered with or containing dirt
  • Spanish: shuco — covered with or containing dirt
  • Sundanese: bagedur — covered with or containing dirt
  • Swedish: oren — covered with or containing dirt
  • Swedish: smutsig — covered with or containing dirt
  • Swedish: skitig — covered with or containing dirt
  • Tagalog: marumi — covered with or containing dirt
  • Tagalog: madumi — covered with or containing dirt
  • Tagalog: makalat — covered with or containing dirt
  • Tajik: пурлой (purloy) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Tajik: лойолуд (loyolud) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Tajik: чиркин (čirkin) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Tajik: касиф (kasif) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Tajik: ҷазир (jazir) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Tajik: ифлос (iflos) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Tày: bấn — covered with or containing dirt
  • Tày: nhơ — covered with or containing dirt
  • Telugu: మురికి (muriki) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Tetum: fo'er — covered with or containing dirt
  • Thai: สกปรก (sòk-gà-bpròk) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Thai: เลอะ (lə́) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Thai: เปื้อน (bpʉ̂ʉan) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Southern Thai: หลุหละ — covered with or containing dirt
  • Tibetan: བཙོག་པ (btsog pa) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Tocharian B: eñatketse — covered with or containing dirt
  • Tocharian B: kraketstse — covered with or containing dirt
  • Torricelli: aboŋ — covered with or containing dirt
  • Turkish: kirli — covered with or containing dirt
  • Ottoman Turkish: پیس (pis) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Ottoman Turkish: مردار (murdar) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Turkmen: kirli — covered with or containing dirt
  • Ukrainian: брудни́й (brudnýj) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Urdu: گندہ (gandā) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Urdu: گندا (gandā) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Uyghur: كىر (kir) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Uzbek: kir — covered with or containing dirt
  • Uzbek: iflos — covered with or containing dirt
  • Uzbek: bulgʻanch — covered with or containing dirt
  • Uzbek: loy — covered with or containing dirt
  • Venetan: onto — covered with or containing dirt
  • Venetan: sporco — covered with or containing dirt
  • Venetan: baozo — covered with or containing dirt
  • Vietnamese: bẩn — covered with or containing dirt
  • Vietnamese: bẩn thỉu — covered with or containing dirt
  • Vietnamese: dơ — covered with or containing dirt
  • Volapük: miotik — covered with or containing dirt
  • Walloon: mannet — covered with or containing dirt
  • Walloon: måssî — covered with or containing dirt
  • Walloon: niche — covered with or containing dirt
  • Walloon: swasse — covered with or containing dirt
  • Welsh: budr — covered with or containing dirt
  • Welsh: brwnt — covered with or containing dirt
  • Yagara: ban — covered with or containing dirt
  • Yakut: кирдээх (kirdeeq) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Yiddish: גראָב (grob) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Yiddish: שמוציק (shmutsik) — covered with or containing dirt
  • Zealandic: vuul — covered with or containing dirt
  • Zhuang: heiz — covered with or containing dirt
  • Zhuang: nwk — covered with or containing dirt
  • Zhuang: boemh — covered with or containing dirt
  • Zhuang: gyuek — covered with or containing dirt
  • Zhuang: oepsoep — covered with or containing dirt
  • Zhuang: uq — covered with or containing dirt
  • Armenian: կեղտոտ (keġtot) — that makes one dirty
  • Asturian: gochu — that makes one dirty
  • Asturian: suciu — that makes one dirty
  • Bulgarian: мръсен (mrǎsen) — that makes one dirty
  • Chinese Mandarin: 垢 (gòu) — that makes one dirty
  • Finnish: likainen — that makes one dirty
  • French: salissant — that makes one dirty
  • German: schmutzig — that makes one dirty
  • Greek: βρόμικος (vrómikos) — that makes one dirty
  • Hebrew: מלוכלך \ מְלֻכְלָךְ (m'lukhlákh) — that makes one dirty
  • Hungarian: koszos — that makes one dirty
  • Ido: sordida — that makes one dirty
  • Ido: desneta — that makes one dirty
  • Italian: sporco — that makes one dirty
  • Italian: sudicio — that makes one dirty
  • Jamaican Creole: dutty — that makes one dirty
  • Central Kurdish: پیس (pîs) — that makes one dirty
  • Northern Kurdish: pîs — that makes one dirty
  • Northern Kurdish: qirêjî — that makes one dirty
  • Northern Kurdish: rêvin — that makes one dirty
  • Northern Kurdish: herrimî — that makes one dirty
  • Northern Kurdish: lewitî — that makes one dirty
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skittent — that makes one dirty
  • Old English: fūl — that makes one dirty
  • Pashto: سخا (sxâ) — that makes one dirty
  • Pashto: خيرن (xirën) — that makes one dirty
  • Plautdietsch: orrein — that makes one dirty
  • Polish: brudzący — that makes one dirty
  • Portuguese: sujo — that makes one dirty
  • Russian: гря́зный (grjáznyj) — that makes one dirty
  • Scottish Gaelic: caca — that makes one dirty
  • Slovene: umazan — that makes one dirty
  • Spanish: sucio — that makes one dirty
  • Turkish: pis — that makes one dirty
  • Ottoman Turkish: پیس (pis) — that makes one dirty
  • Venetan: onto — that makes one dirty
  • Vietnamese: bẩn — that makes one dirty
  • Vietnamese: bẩn thỉu — that makes one dirty
  • Afrikaans: vuil — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Armenian: կեղտոտ (keġtot) — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Asturian: gochu — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Asturian: puercu — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Bulgarian: циничен (ciničen) — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Bulgarian: неприличен (nepriličen) — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 淫穢的 /淫秽的 (yínhuìde) — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 骯髒 /肮脏 (āngzāng) — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Czech: sprostý — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Danish: beskidt — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Dutch: vuil — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Dutch: vulgair — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Dutch: obsceen — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Dutch: schunnig — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Finnish: tuhma — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Finnish: rivo — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Finnish: hävytön — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Finnish: säädytön — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Finnish: ruma — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • French: cochon — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • German: schmutzig — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • German: dreckig — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • German: vulgär — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • German: obszön — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • German: ordinär — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Greek: βρόμικος (vrómikos) — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Hebrew: מלוכלך \ מְלֻכְלָךְ (m'lukhlákh) — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Hungarian: piszkos — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Ido: sordida — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Ido: perversa — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Irish: salach — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Irish: gáirsiúil — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Irish: cáidheach — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Italian: sporco — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Italian: indecente — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Jamaican Creole: dutty — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Northern Kurdish: pîs — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Ladino: murdar — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Lakota: šikšíl — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Latvian: netīrs — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Latvian: nešķīsts — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Latvian: neķītrs — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Lithuanian: nešvankus — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Lithuanian: nepadorus — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Malay: kotor — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Marathi: घाणेरडा (ghāṇerḍā) — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Marathi: घाणेरडी (ghāṇerḍī) — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Marathi: घाणेरडे (ghāṇerḍe) — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Pashto: سخا (sxâ) — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Plautdietsch: orrein — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Plautdietsch: schmutzich — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Polish: sprośny — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Polish: nieprzyzwoity — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Polish: świński — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Portuguese: sujo — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Romanian: murdar — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Romanian: necuviincios — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Romanian: obscen — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Romanian: indecent — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Russian: гря́зный (grjáznyj) — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Russian: са́льный (sálʹnyj) — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Russian: скабрёзный (skabrjóznyj) — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Slovene: umazan — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Spanish: verde — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Spanish: sucio — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Spanish: guarro — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Spanish: ordinario — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Spanish: indecente — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Spanish: lúbrico — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Spanish: lascivo — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Swedish: snuskig — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Turkish: müstehcen — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Venetan: onto — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Venetan: sporco — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Venetan: desconsà — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Vietnamese: tục tĩu — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Vietnamese: bậy — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Vietnamese: bậy bạ — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Yiddish: מיאוס (mius) — morally unclean, obscene or indecent
  • Afrikaans: vuil — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Armenian: կեղտոտ (keġtot) — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Asturian: gochu — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Asturian: puercu — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Bulgarian: нечестен (nečesten) — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Chinese Mandarin: 下流的 (xiàliú de) — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Danish: beskidt — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Dutch: vuil — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Dutch: smerig — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Dutch: grof — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Dutch: oneerlijk — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Finnish: halpamainen — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Finnish: likainen — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Finnish: ruma — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Finnish: härski — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • French: sale — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • German: schmutzig — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Greek: βρόμικος (vrómikos) — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Hebrew: מלוכלך \ מְלֻכְלָךְ (m'lukhlákh) — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Hungarian: mocskos — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Ido: sordida — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Ido: perversa — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Italian: sporco — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Northern Kurdish: pîs — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Northern Kurdish: herrimî — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Northern Kurdish: lewitî — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Norman: sale — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Pashto: سخا (sxâ) — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Polish: haniebny — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Portuguese: sujo — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Russian: гря́зный (grjáznyj) — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Russian: по́длый (pódlyj) — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Spanish: sucio — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Spanish: deshonesto — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Spanish: turbio — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Spanish: corrupto — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Spanish: marrullero — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Swedish: ful — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Swedish: ojuste — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Swedish: osnygg — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Venetan: onto — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Venetan: sporco — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Vietnamese: xấu — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Vietnamese: xấu xa — dishonourable, violating standards or rules
  • Armenian: կեղտոտ (keġtot) — illegal, improper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 卑鄙的 (bēibì de) — illegal, improper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不法的 (bùfǎ de) — illegal, improper
  • Czech: špinavý — illegal, improper
  • Dutch: vuil — illegal, improper
  • Dutch: oneerlijk — illegal, improper
  • Finnish: likainen — illegal, improper
  • Finnish: ruma — illegal, improper
  • French: sale — illegal, improper
  • German: schmutzig — illegal, improper
  • Hebrew: מלוכלך (m'lukhlákh) — illegal, improper
  • Hungarian: mocskos — illegal, improper
  • Ido: nelegala — illegal, improper
  • Italian: sporco — illegal, improper
  • Northern Kurdish: pîs — illegal, improper
  • Northern Kurdish: herrimî — illegal, improper
  • Northern Kurdish: lewitî — illegal, improper
  • Norman: sale — illegal, improper
  • Pashto: سخا (sxâ) — illegal, improper
  • Portuguese: sujo — illegal, improper
  • Russian: гря́зный (grjáznyj) — illegal, improper
  • Slovene: umazan — illegal, improper
  • Spanish: sucio — illegal, improper
  • Swedish: orättmätig — illegal, improper
  • Swedish: smutsig — illegal, improper
  • Turkish: kirli — illegal, improper
  • Venetan: sporco — illegal, improper
  • Vietnamese: bất hợp pháp — illegal, improper
  • Vietnamese: không hợp pháp — illegal, improper
  • Vietnamese: trái luật — illegal, improper
  • Finnish: epäpuhdas — out of tune
  • Venetan: sporco — out of tune
  • Afrikaans: vaal — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Armenian: կեղտոտ (keġtot) — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Chinese Mandarin: 暗淡的 (àndàn de) — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Danish: beskidt — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Danish: grumset — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Dutch: vuil — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Finnish: likainen — of color: discolored by impurities
  • French: sale — of color: discolored by impurities
  • German: schmutzig — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Greek: ακάθαρτος (akáthartos) — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Hebrew: מלוכלך (m'lukhlákh) — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Italian: sporco — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Northern Kurdish: pîs — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Northern Kurdish: herrimî — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Northern Kurdish: lewitî — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Pashto: سخا (sxâ) — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Portuguese: sujo — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Russian: гря́зный (grjáznyj) — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Slovene: umazan — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Spanish: descolorido — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Spanish: sucio — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Spanish: turbio — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Swedish: grumlig — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Swedish: smutsig — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Telugu: మురికి (muriki) — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Venetan: sporco — of color: discolored by impurities
  • Finnish: muokattu — computing: containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory
  • Finnish: likainen — computing: containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory
  • French: modifié — computing: containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory
  • Finnish: huumeita kantava — slang: carrying illegal drugs
  • Finnish: huumeissa — slang: carrying illegal drugs
  • Finnish: törkeä — intensifier
  • Finnish: ruma — sleety; gusty; stormy
  • Irish: cáidheach — sleety; gusty; stormy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 下流地 (xiàliú de) — in a dirty manner
  • Czech: špinavě — in a dirty manner
  • Czech: nefér — in a dirty manner
  • Finnish: likaisesti — in a dirty manner
  • Finnish: epäreilusti — in a dirty manner
  • Finnish: rivosti — in a dirty manner
  • Finnish: rumasti — in a dirty manner
  • Finnish: tuhmasti — in a dirty manner
  • French: salement — in a dirty manner
  • Indonesian: kotor — in a dirty manner
  • Portuguese: sujo — in a dirty manner
  • Russian: по́дло (pódlo) — in a dirty manner
  • Spanish: obscenamente — in a dirty manner
  • Swedish: fult — in a dirty manner
  • Swedish: ojuste — in a dirty manner
  • Swedish: smutsigt — in a dirty manner
  • Swedish: osnyggt — in a dirty manner
  • Telugu: మురికిగా (murikigā) — in a dirty manner
  • Turkish: pis pis — in a dirty manner
  • Arabic: وَسَّخَ (wassaḵa) — to make dirty
  • Breton: lousaat — to make dirty
  • Bulgarian: цапам (capam) — to make dirty
  • Catalan: embrutar — to make dirty
  • Czech: špinit — to make dirty
  • Czech: ušpinit — to make dirty
  • Czech: zašpinit — to make dirty
  • Czech: zamazat — to make dirty
  • Dutch: bevuilen — to make dirty
  • Esperanto: malpurigi — to make dirty
  • Finnish: liata — to make dirty
  • French: salir — to make dirty
  • Galician: lixar — to make dirty
  • German: verdrecken — to make dirty
  • German: beschmutzen — to make dirty
  • Greek: βρομίζω (vromízo) — to make dirty
  • Greek: λερώνω (leróno) — to make dirty
  • Ancient Greek: ῥυπαίνω (rhupaínō) — to make dirty
  • Cypriot Greek: ξημαρίζω (ximarízo) — to make dirty
  • Hebrew: לכלך (likhlékh) — to make dirty
  • Indonesian: mengotori — to make dirty
  • Ingrian: sotkia — to make dirty
  • Interlingua: polluer — to make dirty
  • Irish: salaigh — to make dirty
  • Italian: sporcare — to make dirty
  • Italian: insudiciare — to make dirty
  • Italian: lordare — to make dirty
  • Italian: fedare — to make dirty
  • Latin: foedō — to make dirty
  • Latin: inquinō — to make dirty
  • Latvian: nosmērēt — to make dirty
  • Polish: brudzić — to make dirty
  • Polish: kalać — to make dirty
  • Polish: plamić — to make dirty
  • Polish: upaćkać — to make dirty
  • Portuguese: sujar — to make dirty
  • Romanian: spurca — to make dirty
  • Romanian: murdări — to make dirty
  • Russian: па́чкать (páčkatʹ) — to make dirty
  • Russian: загрязня́ть (zagrjaznjátʹ) — to make dirty
  • Sardinian: abbunzare — to make dirty
  • Sardinian: bruttare — to make dirty
  • Sicilian: lurdari — to make dirty
  • Sicilian: luddari — to make dirty
  • Sicilian: nzivari — to make dirty
  • Slovene: umazati — to make dirty
  • Spanish: ensuciar — to make dirty
  • Spanish: shuquear — to make dirty
  • Swedish: fläcka — to make dirty
  • Swedish: orena — to make dirty
  • Swedish: smutsa ner — to make dirty
  • Swedish: skita ner — to make dirty
  • Turkish: kirletmek — to make dirty
  • Turkish: pisletmek — to make dirty
  • Walloon: manni — to make dirty
  • Walloon: anichter — to make dirty
  • Catalan: embrutar — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • Finnish: tahrata — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • French: salir — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • French: avilir — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • Greek: λερώνω (leróno) — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • Greek: λερώνομαι (lerónomai) — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • Hebrew: הכתים (hikhtím) — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • Portuguese: sujar — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • Portuguese: manchar — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • Portuguese: conspurcar — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • Russian: запятна́ть (zapjatnátʹ) — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • Russian: пятна́ть (pjatnátʹ) — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • Slovene: umazati — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • Spanish: ensuciar — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • Swedish: smutsa ner — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • Swedish: fläcka — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • Turkish: lekelemek — to stain or tarnish with dishonor
  • Finnish: ryvettää — to debase by distorting the real nature of
  • Swedish: smutsa ner — to debase by distorting the real nature of
  • Catalan: embrutar-se — to become soiled
  • Finnish: ryvettyä — to become soiled
  • French: salir — to become soiled
  • French: se salir — to become soiled
  • Greek: λερώνομαι (lerónomai) — to become soiled
  • Irish: salaigh — to become soiled
  • Italian: sporcare — to become soiled
  • Italian: sporcarsi — to become soiled
  • Portuguese: sujar-se — to become soiled
  • Russian: па́чкаться (páčkatʹsja) — to become soiled
  • Russian: загрязня́ться (zagrjaznjátʹsja) — to become soiled
  • Campidanese Sardinian: ammammungiai — to become soiled
  • Slovene: umazati se — to become soiled
  • Spanish: ensuciarse — to become soiled
  • Spanish: shuquearse — to become soiled
  • Swedish: bli smutsig — to become soiled
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