dirty
dirty is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color. Locke.
- 2.Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow. The creature's at his dirty work again. Pope.
- 3.Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather. Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea. M. Arnold. See Nasty.
- 4.To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.
- 5.To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adulator
- claqueur
- clawback
- cloud
- cloudiness
- cloudy
- courtier
- dim
- doer
- earwig
- encomiast
- eulogist
- film
- flaneur
- flatterer
- fog
- foggy
- fuliginous
- fumid
- genus
- hanger-on
- haze
- haziness
- hazy
- impervious
- instrument
- laudator
- light
- measure
- misty
- muddiness
- muddy
- muggy
- murky
- nephelometer
- nubiferous
- obfuscate
- obscurity
- obstruct
- offuscate
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is dirty.
- What is sullied; clouded; -- applied to color. Locke called?
- What is sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow. The creature's at his dirty work again. Pope called?
- What is sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather. Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea. M. Arnold. See Nasty called?
- What is to foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands called?
- What is to tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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