Synonyms for filth
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : filth |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɪlθ |
Top 10 synonyms for filth Other synonyms for the word filth
Définition of filth
Origin :- Old English fylð "uncleanness, impurity," from Proto-Germanic *fulitho (cf. Old Saxon fulitha "foulness, filth," Dutch vuilte, Old High German fulida), noun derivative of *fulo- "foul" (see foul (adj.)). A classic case of i-mutation.
- noun dirt, pollution
- Rags and tidiness, filth and cleanliness, lay almost touching.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The posters, maculated with filth, garnished like tapestry the sweep of the curbstone.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- They no more wanted to be touched by iron than by filth, or foul disease.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- When nobody else can find any filth left, he manages to discover some.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- She had to wallow in filth instead of having flowers all about her.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- On a third floor line was a baby's diaper, still implanted with filth.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- The square panes of glass forming the roof, are black with filth.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- The woodwork down below was rotting, and covered with filth.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- It evidently should not be there—its squalidness and filth are all that strike you.
- Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope
- As the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, unto this day.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
Antonyms for filth
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