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Definitions for Dirty

[1] soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
[2] spreading or imparting dirt; soiling: dirty smoke.
[3] vile; mean; sordid; contemptible: to play a dirty trick on someone.
[4] obscene; pornographic; lewd: a dirty joke.
[5] undesirable or unpleasant; thankless: He left the dirty work for me.
[6] very unfortunate or regrettable: That's a dirty shame!
[7] not fair or sportsmanlike; unscrupulous: a dirty fighter.
[8] hostile, insulting, contemptuous, or resentful: She gave me a dirty look. He made a dirty crack about the cooking.
[9] (of a nuclear weapon) producing a relatively large amount of radioactive fallout.
[10] (of the weather) stormy; squally: It looks dirty to windward.
[11] Informal . obtained through illegal or disreputable means: dirty money.
[12] appearing as if soiled; dark-colored; dingy; murky.
[13] Slang . using or in possession of narcotics.
[14] Foreign Exchange . (of currency floats) manipulated, as by a central bank influencing or changing exchange rates (opposed to clean).
[15] to make or become dirty.
[16] Informal . in a mean, unscrupulous, or underhand way: to play dirty.
[17] Informal . in a lewd manner: to talk dirty.
[18] do (someone) dirty , Slang . to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
[19] covered or marked with dirt; filthy
[20] obscene; salacious dirty books sexually clandestine a dirty weekend
[21] causing one to become grimy a dirty job
[22] (of a colour) not clear and bright; impure
[23] unfair; dishonest; unscrupulous; unsporting
[24] mean; nasty a dirty cheat
[25] scandalous; unkind a dirty rumour
[26] revealing dislike or anger a dirty look
[27] (of weather) rainy or squally; stormy
[28] (of an aircraft) having projections into the airstream, such as lowered flaps
[29] (of an explosive device) modified to cause radioactive contamination Compare clean (def. 5)
[30] be dirty on Australian slang to be offended by or be hostile towards
[31] dirty dog a despicable person
[32] dirty linen informal intimate secrets, esp those that might give rise to gossip
[33] dirty pool slang , mainly US , Canadian and Australian dishonest behaviour
[34] dirty word an obscene word something that is regarded with disapproval federalism is a dirty word
[35] dirty work unpleasant or illicit activity
[36] do the dirty on British informal to behave meanly or unkindly towards
[37] to make or become dirty; stain; soil

Words related to Dirty

dusty, murky, muddy, disheveled, crummy, unkempt, grimy, messy, nasty, sloppy, filthy, greasy, polluted, contaminated, coarse, sleazy, sully, smear, blacken, smudge

Words nearby Dirty

dirt poor, dirt road, dirt-cheap, dirt-eating, dirt-poor, dirty, dirty bomb, dirty joke, dirty linen, dirty look, give a, dirty old man

Origin of Dirty

First recorded in 1520–30; dirt + -y1

Other words from Dirty

dirt·i·ly , adverb
dirt·i·ness , noun

Synonyms for Dirty

contaminated, crummy, disheveled, dusty, filthy, greasy, grimy, messy, muddy, murky, nasty, polluted, sloppy, stained, unkempt, bedraggled, begrimed, black, defiled, disarrayed, foul, fouled, smudged, spattered, spotted, sullied, cruddy, dishabille, dreggy, dungy, grubby, grungy, icky, lousy, mucky, mung, pigpen, raunchy, scummy, scuzzy, slatternly, slimy, slovenly, smutty, sooty, squalid, straggly, undusted, unhygienic, unlaundered, unsanitary, unsightly, unswept, untidy, unwashed, yucky