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dirty
adj dirtier, dirtiest
    1. Marked with dirt; soiled.
      Thesaurus: soiled, filthy, nasty, slovenly, messy, squalid, polluted, unhygienic; Antonym: clean, spotless, sanitary.
    2. Making one become soiled with dirt.
      Example: a dirty job
    3. Unfair; dishonest.
      Example: dirty tricks
    4. Obscene, lewd or pornographic.
      Example: dirty films
      Thesaurus: obscene, indecent, pornographic, smutty, lewd, ribald, salacious, risqué, off-colour (US), vulgar, blue.
    5. Said of weather: rainy or stormy.
    6. Said of a colour: dull.
    7. Showing dislike or disapproval.
      Example: a dirty look
    8. Unsportingly rough or violent.
      Example: a dirty tackle
verb
    dirties, dirtied, dirtying
    1. To make dirty.
      Thesaurus: stain, foul, pollute, spoil, tarnish, soil, mess, defile, sully; Antonym: clean, cleanse.
adverb
    1. Dirtily.
      Example: fight dirty
    2. Very.
      Example: dirty great stain
Derivative: dirtily
adverb
    Derivative: dirtiness
    noun
      Idiom: do the dirty on someone
        colloq
        To cheat or trick them.


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