Antonyms for dirtiest
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dur-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɜr ti |
Definition of dirtiest
Origin :- c.1500, from dirt + -y (2). Earlier dritty (late 14c.). Meaning "smutty, morally unclean" is from 1590s. Of colors, from 1690s. Dirty linen "personal or familial secrets" is first recorded 1860s. Dirty work in the figurative sense is from 1764; dirty trick is from 1670s. The dirty look someone gives you is from 1928; dirty old man "superannuated lecher" is from 1932. Related: dirtiness.
- adj soiled, unclean
- adj obscene, pornographic
- adj dishonest
- His name was Sampo Singi, and he was the dirtiest fellow I ever saw in my life.
- Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
- Her people are backward, and, at least in Cuzco and Arequipa, I should say the dirtiest in the world.
- Extract from : « Ranching, Sport and Travel » by Thomas Carson
- The place was like any other Chinese city, and was quite as dirty as the dirtiest of them.
- Extract from : « Four Young Explorers » by Oliver Optic
- The spot where I was to rest for the night was the dirtiest.
- Extract from : « An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet » by A. Henry Savage Landor
- This particular greaser was the laziest, the dirtiest, the most worthless of the lot.
- Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
- She was a farmer's wife, and they were huddled in the dirtiest bit of a hovel that I ever saw.
- Extract from : « Heart of Gold » by Ruth Alberta Brown
- The latter was the dirtiest piece of furniture in the establishment.
- Extract from : « The Red Man's Revenge » by R.M. Ballantyne
- I would scrub floors, as he said, I would do anything, the dirtiest work.
- Extract from : « Phoebe, Junior » by Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant
- He certainly was clothed in the poorest and dirtiest of rags.
- Extract from : « The Brass Bound Box » by Evelyn Raymond
- A teaspoonful in a pint of water will cleanse the dirtiest brushes.
- Extract from : « Housekeeping in Old Virginia » by Marion Cabell Tyree
Synonyms for dirtiest
- base
- bedraggled
- begrimed
- below the belt
- black
- blue
- cheating
- coarse
- contaminated
- contemptible
- corrupt
- crooked
- cruddy
- crummy
- deceitful
- defiled
- despicable
- disarrayed
- dishabille
- disheveled
- double-dealing
- dreggy
- dungy
- dusty
- filthy
- foul
- fouled
- greasy
- grimy
- grubby
- grungy
- icky
- immoral
- impure
- indecent
- lewd
- lousy
- low
- mean
- messy
- mucky
- muddy
- mung
- murky
- nasty
- off-color
- pigpen
- polluted
- raunchy
- ribald
- risqué
- salacious
- scatological
- scummy
- scurvy
- scuzzy
- shabby
- shady
- shifty
- slatternly
- sleazy
- slimy
- sloppy
- slovenly
- smudged
- smutty
- sneaky
- sooty
- sordid
- spattered
- spotted
- squalid
- stained
- straggly
- sullied
- unchaste
- unclean
- uncleanly
- underhanded
- undusted
- unethical
- unhygienic
- unkempt
- unlaundered
- unsanitary
- unscrupulous
- unsightly
- unswept
- untidy
- untruthful
- unwashed
- vile
- vulgar
- yucky
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