adjective
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime (Freq. 10)
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dirty unswept sidewalks
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a child in dirty overalls
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dirty slums
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piles of dirty dishes
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put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
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wore an unclean shirt
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mining is a dirty job
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Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
• Similar to:
↑Augean, ↑bedraggled, ↑draggled, ↑befouled, ↑fouled, ↑begrimed, ↑dingy, ↑grimy, ↑grubby, ↑grungy, ↑raunchy, ↑black, ↑smutty, ↑buggy, ↑cobwebby, ↑dirty-faced, ↑feculent, ↑filthy, ↑foul, ↑nasty, ↑flyblown, ↑squalid, ↑sordid, ↑greasy, ↑oily, ↑lousy, ↑maculate, ↑mucky, ↑muddy, ↑ratty, ↑scummy, ↑smudgy, ↑snotty, ↑snot-nosed, ↑sooty, ↑travel-soiled, ↑travel-stained, ↑uncleanly, ↑unswept, ↑unwashed
• See Also: ↑untidy
• Derivationally related forms: ↑uncleanness (for: ↑unclean), ↑dirt (for: ↑dirty), ↑dirtiness (for: ↑dirty)
• Attrubites: ↑cleanness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.