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Synonyms for filthy

  • adjective

Most common

dirty smutty vulgar unclean grimy squalid

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Dirty — obscene or offensive

dirty, nasty US, smutty, vulgar, unclean, obscene, foul, impure, lousy, wretched, despicable, miserable, awful, corrupt, defiled, cruddy, licentious, contemptible, bawdy, lewd, gross, beastly UK

2. Grimy — covered with filth; very dirty

grimy, squalid, soiled, mucky informal, sleazy, scummy, sordid, scandalous, reprehensible, woeful, horry, grubby, muddy, slimy slang

Antonyms

clean, pure, pyore

All antonyms of filthy →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Covered with filth; very dirty.

  2. adj. 2

    Obscene or offensive.

Related words

Word family
filthily filthiness
Phrases
filthy lucre filthy rich

Example sentences

  • awful I think it's awful, that they're spreading rumors.
  • unclean What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.
  • impure Impure drinking water can be a carrier of diseases.
  • grimy The forecourt looked grimy, like it hadn't been cleaned in days.
  • squalid The refugees were living in a narrow, squalid backstreet.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
filthyrising
awfulrising
uncleanrising
impuresteady
smuttyrising
grimyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
foul1, lewd1
5 letters
dirty2, awful2, gross1, nasty2, muddy2, lousy2, slimy2, grimy2, bawdy2, horry, mucky2
6 letters
vulgar2, impure2, soiled1, sleazy2, sordid2, grubby2, woeful2, scummy, smutty2, cruddy2
7 letters
corrupt2, obscene2, unclean2, beastly2, defiled, squalid2
8 letters
wretched2
9 letters
miserable4
10 letters
despicable4, scandalous3, licentious3
12 letters
contemptible4
13 letters
reprehensible5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dirty2 = 2 syllables).

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