dictionary definitions for "dirty"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  dirty
      adj 1: soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept
             sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty
             slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet
             on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining
             is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while
             her sisters preened themselves" [syn: soiled,
             unclean] [ant: clean]
      2: (of behavior or especially language) characterized by
         obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man";
         "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has
         a dirty mouth" [ant: clean]
      3: vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy
         traitor" [syn: filthy, lousy]
      4: spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive
         contamination; "the air near the foundry was always
         dirty"; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a
         dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived
         radioactive fallout" [syn: contaminating] [ant: clean]
         
      5: contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds";
         "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen [syn:
         contaminated, infected, pestiferous]
      6: (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;
         "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy)
         white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors";
         "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn: dingy,
         muddied, muddy]
      7: (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty)
         copy" [syn: foul, marked-up]
      8: obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money";
         "ill-gotten gains" [syn: ill-gotten]
      9: expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"
      10: violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter";
          "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting
          serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [syn:
          {cheating(a)}, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike]
      11: unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid
          political campaign" [syn: sordid]
      12: unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"
      v : make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when
          you play outside!" [syn: soil, begrime, grime,
          colly, bemire] [ant: clean]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dirty \Dirt"y\, a. [Compar. Dirtier; superl. Dirtiest.]
     1. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure;
        serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty
        white. --Spenser.
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     2. Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color. --Locke.
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     3. Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow.
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              The creature's at his dirty work again. --Pope.
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     4. Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather.
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              Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea.
                                                    --M. Arnold.
  
     Syn: Nasty; filthy; foul. See Nasty.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dirty \Dirt"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dirtied; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Dirtying.]
     1. To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes
        or hands.
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     2. To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of
        reputation, character, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Colorless \Col"or*less\, a.
     1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent;
        as, colorless water; a colorless gas.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale,
           pallid, pasty, wan, waxen}; neutral; white] [Also
           See: achromatic, colorless.]
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     2. Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar
        sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes,
        prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style;
        definitions should be colorless.
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     3. having lost its normal color.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {blanched, etiolate, etiolated,
           whitened}; bleached, faded, washed-out, washy;
           dimmed, dulled, grayed; dirty; {dull, sober,
           somber, subfusc}] colored
  
     Syn: colorless, uncolored, uncoloured.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]


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