adj
Meaning 1
Soiled with smut; blackened, dirty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
smutty
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈsmʌti/
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rhymes with -ʌti
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CMU ARPABET: S M AH1 T IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Obscene, indecent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: off-color
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Affected with the smut fungus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To make dirty; to soil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
soiled with dirt or soot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- with feet black from playing outdoors
- his shirt was black within an hour
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: black
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
characterized by obscenity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- had a filthy mouth
- foul language
- smutty jokes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From smut + -y. Related to German schmutzig (“filthy, dirty, smutty”).
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Spanish: tiznado — blackened, dirty
- Irish: graosta — obscene
- Plautdietsch: orrein — obscene
- Russian: непристо́йный (nepristójnyj) — obscene
- Spanish: obsceno — obscene
- Spanish: indecente — obscene