Antonyms for filthy

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fil-thee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪl θi

Definition of filthy

Origin : late 12c., fulthe, "corrupt, sinful," from filth + -y (2). Meaning "physically unclean" is from late 14c. Meaning "morally dirty, obscene" is from 1530s.
In early use often hardly more emphatic than the mod. dirty; it is now a violent expression of disgust, seldom employed in polite colloquial speech. [OED]
Related: Filthiness.

adj dirty, polluted
adj vulgar, obscene

Example sentences :

His pockets are full of filthy paper on which he writes from time to time.
Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

By reason of filthy money no one can say to me: Do this, or do that.
Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

They are "safe, because they are too filthy to handle, and too noisome even to approach."
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

And it was Salvat who was there, now conquered and simply a filthy bundle.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Oh, lay me bleeding, but these are a filthy and most ungodly crew!
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

It was a filthy place and snow had drifted in through the openings in the roof and side.
Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace

Nothing is too filthy to be used to stimulate the base sensuality of the public.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

And now in a moment she was dropped into the filthy dust of city horrors.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Was he going to revert to the filthy cooking of imaginary figures?
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

These filthy animals got fatter and fatter, then they jumped onto the mattress and disappeared.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for filthy

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