dirty - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

make soiled, filthy, or dirty

Synonyms

• begrime
• bemire
• colly
• dirty
• grime
• soil

More generic

• alter
• change
• modify

Opposite / Antonyms

• clean

More specific

• blemish
• contaminate
• crock
• foul
• mire
• muck
• muck up
• mud
• muddy
• muddy up
• pollute
• slime
• smear
• splash
• spot

Adjective

unpleasantly stormy

Synonyms

• dirty

Related

• stormy

Adjective

soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime

Synonyms

• dirty
• soiled
• unclean

Related

• Augean
• bedraggled
• befouled
• begrimed
• black
• buggy
• cobwebby
• dingy
• dirty-faced
• draggled
• feculent
• filthy
• flyblown
• foul
• fouled
• greasy
• grimy
• grubby
• grungy
• lousy
• maculate
• mucky
• muddy
• nasty
• oily
• ratty
• raunchy
• scummy
• smudgy
• smutty
• snot-nosed
• snotty
• sooty
• sordid
• squalid
• travel-soiled
• travel-stained
• uncleanly
• unswept
• unwashed

Opposite / Antonyms

• clean

Also See

• untidy

Adjective

(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency

Synonyms

• dirty

Related

• bawdy
• blasphemous
• blue
• cruddy
• dirty-minded
• filthy
• foul
• foul-mouthed
• foul-spoken
• lewd
• nasty
• obscene
• off-color
• profane
• raunchy
• ribald
• salacious
• scabrous
• scatological
• smutty

Opposite / Antonyms

• clean

Also See

• indecent

Adjective

spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination

Synonyms

• contaminating
• dirty

Opposite / Antonyms

• clean

Adjective

unethical or dishonest

Synonyms

• dirty
• shoddy
• sordid

Related

• corrupt

Adjective

violating accepted standards or rules

Synonyms

• cheating
• dirty
• foul
• unsporting
• unsportsmanlike

Related

• unfair
• unjust

Adjective

expressing or revealing hostility or dislike

Synonyms

• dirty

Related

• hostile

Adjective

obtained illegally or by improper means

Synonyms

• dirty
• ill-gotten

Related

• illegal

Adjective

(of a manuscript) defaced with changes

Synonyms

• dirty
• foul
• marked-up

Related

• illegible

Adjective

vile; despicable

Synonyms

• dirty
• filthy
• lousy

Related

• awful
• nasty

Adjective

(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear

Synonyms

• dingy
• dirty
• muddied
• muddy

Related

• impure

Adjective

contaminated with infecting organisms

Synonyms

• dirty
• pestiferous

Related

• infected
• septic

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