filthy
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filthy
- /ˈfɪlθi/
Where it comes from
From Middle English filthy, filthi, equivalent to filth + -y.
adjective filthier · filthiest
- Covered with filth; very dirty. The coaches were filthy outside and did not appear to have been painted or washed for years. Inside there were uncomfortable seats covered with a cane-like material.
- Obscene or offensive. Filthy smirking Pat Robertson has come in second in the Iowa Republican caucuses.
- Very unpleasant or disagreeable. Oh, that filthy dream again. Nightmares are bad enough but when it comes to night-toads—!
- Angry; upset; severely annoyed. Terrific fun it was. My best mate saved me, and the teacher was filthy.
verb filthies · filthying · filthied
- To make very dirty; to saturate something with dirt. In the years following World War Two, Americans cut down vast forests, built thousands of factories, assembled millions of atmospherically toxic automobiles, and filthied the water throughout North America.
- To cover in filth. He shouldered his way inside, filthying his T-shirt on the charred wood.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: unclean, soiled, foul, dirty, nasty, smutty, lousy, vile, awful, inclement, filth, squalid, scum, polluted, rotten, horrid
Translations
Every language
adj covered with filth; very dirty
| Español | sucio, mugriento, mugroso, inmundo, cochambroso |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 누추 nuchu |
| 日本語 | 薄汚い usugitanai |
| 中文 | 污穢 /污秽 wūhuì |
| Português | imundo |
| Français | crasseux, cradingue |
| Deutsch | dreckig, verdreckt, versifft |
| Italiano | sudicio, lercio |
| Русский | гря́зный grjáznyj, запа́чканный zapáčkannyj, замы́зганный zamýzgannyj |
adj obscene or offensive
| Español | sucio, obsceno, guarro, pelado |
|---|---|
| Português | sujo |
| Deutsch | dreckig, schmutzig |
| Italiano | osceno, sconcio, laido, indecente, immorale |
| Русский | гря́зный grjáznyj, непристо́йный nepristójnyj, неприли́чный neprilíčnyj, по́шлый póšlyj, вульга́рный vulʹgárnyj, непотре́бный nepotrébnyj |
verb to make dirty throughout; to contaminate
| Deutsch | verschmutzen |
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verb to cover in filth
| Deutsch | beschmutzen |
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Talk about this word "filthy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/filthy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. filthy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/filthy "filthy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/filthy.Cite this
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title = {filthy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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