filthy

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɪlθi/

Adjective

filthy (comparative filthier, superlative filthiest)

1. Covered with filth; very dirty.
2. Obscene or offensive.
3. Very unpleasant or disagreeable.

Synonyms

• (covered with filth): sleazy, slimy, grimy, horry
• (obscene): gruesome, smutty

Antonyms

• (covered with filth): pristine
• (obscene): holy, venerable

Translations

• French: crasseux
• German: dreckig, verdreckt, versaut
• Italian: sudicio, lercio
• Portuguese: imundo
• Russian: гря́зный
• Spanish: sucio, mugriento, mugroso, inmundo, cochambroso

Translations

• German: obszön, dreckig, versaut
• Italian: osceno, sconcio, laido, indecente, immorale
• Portuguese: sujo
• Russian: гря́зный
• Spanish: sucio, obsceno, guarro, (Mexico) pelado

Verb

filthy (filthies, present participle filthying; past and past participle filthied)

1. (transitive) To make very dirty; to cover in filth.
   • 2009, Jeffery Deaver, Hell's Kitchen

     He shouldered his way inside, filthying his T-shirt on the charred wood.

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