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dirty [a]

soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "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"

Synonyms :

soiled unclean

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bedraggled befouled begrimed bespattered black buggy dirty-faced dust-covered faecal filthy flyblown greasy lousy mucky scummy smeared snot-nosed travel-soiled unswept unwashed impure untidy cleanness clean maculate

2)	(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth"

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bawdy dirty-minded filthy foul-mouthed lewd scabrous scatological indecent clean blasphemous

3)	vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"

Synonyms :

filthy lousy

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awful

4)	spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout"

Synonyms :

contaminating

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clean

5)	contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen

Synonyms :

contaminated infected pestiferous

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septic

6)	(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair"

Synonyms :

dingy muddied muddy

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impure

7)	(of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"

Synonyms :

foul marked-up

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illegible

8)	obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"

Synonyms :

ill-gotten

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illegal

9)	expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"

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hostile

10)

violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"

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cheating foul unsporting unsportsmanlike

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unfair

11)

unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"

Synonyms :

sordid

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corrupt

12)

unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"