Synonyms for dirty

Verb

1. dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire, change, alter, modify

usage: make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

Adjective

1. dirty (vs. clean), soiled, unclean, bedraggled, draggled, befouled, fouled, begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy, bespattered, spattered, besplashed, splashed, black, buggy, dirty-faced, dusty, dust-covered, fecal, faecal, feculent, filthy, foul, nasty, flyblown, squalid, sordid, greasy, oily, lousy, mucky, muddy, scummy, smeared, smirched, smudged, smudgy, snotty, snot-nosed, travel-soiled, travel-stained, unswept, unwashed, maculate, unclean#2, impure, untidy

usage: 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"

2. dirty (vs. clean), bawdy, off-color, ribald, dirty-minded, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty, foul-mouthed, foul-spoken, lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious, scabrous, scatological, blasphemous, blue, profane, indecent

usage: (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"

3. dirty, filthy, lousy, nasty (vs. nice), awful

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

4. dirty (vs. clean), contaminating

usage: 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"

5. contaminated, dirty, infected, pestiferous, septic (vs. antiseptic)

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

6. dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy, impure (vs. pure)

usage: (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"

7. dirty, foul, marked-up, illegible (vs. legible)

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

8. dirty, ill-gotten, illegal (vs. legal)

usage: obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"

9. dirty, hostile (vs. amicable)

usage: expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"

10. cheating(prenominal), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike, unfair (vs. fair), unjust

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

11. dirty, sordid, corrupt (vs. incorrupt)

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

12. dirty, stormy (vs. calm)

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