Some common synonyms of dirty are filthy, foul, nasty, and squalid. While all these words mean conspicuously unclean or impure, dirty emphasizes the presence of dirt more than an emotional Ò€¦ Dirty, filthy, foul, squalid refer to that which is not clean.

Dirty clothes. If you describe an action as dirty, you disapprove of it and consider it unfair, immoral, or dishonest. Marked with dirt, mud, etc. , or containing something such as pollution or bacteria: Learn more. Soiled with dirt; See examples of dirty used in a sentence. He has a reputation as a dirty player.

Soiled with dirt; See examples of dirty used in a sentence. He has a reputation as a dirty player. He tries to hurt his opponents] a criminal's dirty money [=money earned in an illegal activity] that was a dirty trick! [=an unkind thing to do] Dirty, filthy, grimy, grubby, squalid these adjectives apply to what is unclean, impure, or unkempt: An old grubby stove; A squalid apartment.

Dirty, filthy, grimy, grubby, squalid these adjectives apply to what is unclean, impure, or unkempt: An old grubby stove; A squalid apartment.