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filthy

adj · verb · 9 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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  • /ˈfɪlθi/
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  • CMU ARPABET: F IH1 L TH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Covered with filth; very dirty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Obscene or offensive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Very unpleasant or disagreeable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Angry; upset; severely annoyed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To make very dirty; to saturate something with dirt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To cover in filth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • as filthy as a pigsty
  • a foul pond
  • a nasty pigsty of a room

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: foul, nasty

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

characterized by obscenity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • had a filthy mouth
  • foul language
  • smutty jokes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cruddy, foul, nasty, smutty

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective satellite

Meaning 9

vile; despicable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dirty, lousy

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English filthy, filthi, equivalent to filth + -y.

Across languages

Translations

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: kirli — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Azerbaijani: çirk — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Azerbaijani: çirkli — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Azerbaijani: bulaşıq — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Bulgarian: мръсен (mrǎsen) — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Bulgarian: кирлив (kirliv) — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Catalan: impur — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Chinese Mandarin: 污穢 /污秽 (wūhuì) — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Danish: snavset — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Danish: beskidt — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Dutch: smerig — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Dutch: vuil — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Esperanto: malpurega — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Finnish: likainen — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Finnish: saastainen — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Finnish: kuppainen — covered with filth; very dirty
  • French: crasseux — covered with filth; very dirty
  • French: cradingue — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Galician: cotroso — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Galician: cotrento — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Galician: cotrañento — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Galician: porco — covered with filth; very dirty
  • German: dreckig — covered with filth; very dirty
  • German: verdreckt — covered with filth; very dirty
  • German: versifft — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Ancient Greek: ῥυπαρός (rhuparós) — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Hungarian: mocskos — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Hungarian: szennyes — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Irish: cáidheach — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Italian: sudicio — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Italian: lercio — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Japanese: 薄汚い (usugitanai) — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Kazakh: арам (aram) — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Korean: 누추 (nuchu) — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Central Kurdish: چەپەڵ (çepell) — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Central Kurdish: بۆگەن (bogen) — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Latin: sordidus — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Latin: paedidus — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Latin: squalidus — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Latin: caenōsus — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Māori: manuheko — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Māori: paruparu — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Māori: poke — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Norman: cracheux — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Norwegian: møkkete — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ureinslig — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Norwegian Bokmål: urenslig — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ureinsleg — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grisete — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Old English: adeliht — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Persian: پلید (palid) — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Polabian: x́örĕ — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Polish: brudny — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Portuguese: imundo — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Quechua: saqra — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Russian: гря́зный (grjáznyj) — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Russian: запа́чканный (zapáčkannyj) — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Russian: замы́зганный (zamýzgannyj) — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Scots: keechie — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Scots: kichie — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Scottish Gaelic: caca — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Spanish: sucio — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Spanish: mugriento — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Spanish: mugroso — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Spanish: inmundo — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Spanish: cochambroso — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Swedish: smutsig — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Telugu: మురికి (muriki) — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Tocharian B: kraketstse — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Turkish: pis — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Turkish: kirli — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Ottoman Turkish: پیس (pis) — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Ottoman Turkish: مردار (murdar) — covered with filth; very dirty
  • Bulgarian: циничен (ciničen) — obscene or offensive
  • Bulgarian: непристоен (nepristoen) — obscene or offensive
  • Catalan: obscè — obscene or offensive
  • Catalan: groller — obscene or offensive
  • Danish: svinsk — obscene or offensive
  • Danish: sjofel — obscene or offensive
  • Finnish: likainen — obscene or offensive
  • Finnish: saastainen — obscene or offensive
  • Galician: porco — obscene or offensive
  • German: dreckig — obscene or offensive
  • German: schmutzig — obscene or offensive
  • Irish: graosta — obscene or offensive
  • Irish: cáidheach — obscene or offensive
  • Italian: osceno — obscene or offensive
  • Italian: sconcio — obscene or offensive
  • Italian: laido — obscene or offensive
  • Italian: indecente — obscene or offensive
  • Italian: immorale — obscene or offensive
  • Central Kurdish: قۆڕ (qorr) — obscene or offensive
  • Latin: sordidus — obscene or offensive
  • Māori: poke — obscene or offensive
  • Norwegian: slibrig — obscene or offensive
  • Polish: sprośny — obscene or offensive
  • Portuguese: sujo — obscene or offensive
  • Russian: гря́зный (grjáznyj) — obscene or offensive
  • Russian: непристо́йный (nepristójnyj) — obscene or offensive
  • Russian: неприли́чный (neprilíčnyj) — obscene or offensive
  • Russian: по́шлый (póšlyj) — obscene or offensive
  • Russian: вульга́рный (vulʹgárnyj) — obscene or offensive
  • Russian: непотре́бный (nepotrébnyj) — obscene or offensive
  • Russian: ме́рзкий (mérzkij) — obscene or offensive
  • Scottish Gaelic: drabasda — obscene or offensive
  • Scottish Gaelic: drabasdach — obscene or offensive
  • Spanish: sucio — obscene or offensive
  • Spanish: obsceno — obscene or offensive
  • Spanish: guarro — obscene or offensive
  • Spanish: pelado — obscene or offensive
  • Swedish: snuskig — obscene or offensive
  • Turkish: müstehcen — obscene or offensive
  • Turkish: açık saçık — obscene or offensive
  • Turkish: ayıp — obscene or offensive
  • German: widerlich — very unpleasant or disagreeable
  • German: schmutzig — very unpleasant or disagreeable
  • German: unsauber — very unpleasant or disagreeable
  • German: verschmutzen — to make dirty throughout; to contaminate
  • German: beschmutzen — to cover in filth
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