DIRTY - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Adjective
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
Example: 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
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Adjective
(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
Example: dirty words; a dirty old man; dirty books and movies; boys telling dirty jokes; has a dirty mouth
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Adjective
vile; despicable
Example: a dirty (or lousy) trick; a filthy traitor
Meaning 4
Part of speech: Adjective
spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
Example: the air near the foundry was always dirty; a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout
Meaning 5
Part of speech: Adjective
contaminated with infecting organisms
Example: dirty wounds; obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
Meaning 6
Part of speech: Adjective
(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
Example: dirty" is often used in combination; a dirty (or dingy) white; the muddied grey of the sea; muddy colors; dirty-green walls; dirty-blonde hair
Meaning 7
Part of speech: Adjective
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
Example: foul (or dirty) copy
Meaning 8
Part of speech: Adjective
obtained illegally or by improper means
Example: dirty money; ill-gotten gains
Meaning 9
Part of speech: Adjective
expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
Example: dirty looks
Meaning 10
Part of speech: Adjective
unethical or dishonest
Example: dirty police officers; a sordid political campaign
Meaning 11
Part of speech: Adjective
unpleasantly stormy
Example: there's dirty weather in the offing
Synonyms
Cheating, Pestiferous, Colly, Dingy, Marked-up
Antonyms
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "dirty" comes from Middle English dirti.
🔗 Related Words
dirt – A related word in the same word family.
y – A related word in the same word family.
drite – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
Middle English had more flexible word order than Modern English because it retained more inflections.