dirty#1 (a)
soiled#4 (a)
unclean#4 (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
examples dirty unswept sidewalks
a child in dirty overalls
dirty slums
piles of dirty dishes
put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
wore an unclean shirt
mining is a dirty job
Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
Outgoing links
Also see untidy
Attribute cleanness
Derivationally related form unclean → uncleanness
Derivationally related form dirty → dirt; dirty → dirtiness
Antonym dirty → clean
Similar to Augean; bedraggled, draggled; befouled, fouled; begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy; black, smutty; buggy; cobwebby; dirty-faced; feculent; filthy, foul, nasty; flyblown, squalid, sordid; greasy, oily; lousy; maculate; mucky, muddy; ratty; scummy; smudgy; snotty, snot-nosed; sooty; travel-soiled, travel-stained; uncleanly; unswept; unwashed
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Antonym clean → dirty
Similar to Augean; bedraggled, draggled; befouled, fouled; begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy; black, smutty; buggy; cobwebby; dirty-faced; feculent; filthy, foul, nasty; flyblown, squalid, sordid; greasy, oily; lousy; maculate; mucky, muddy; ratty; scummy; smudgy; snotty, snot-nosed; sooty; travel-soiled, travel-stained; uncleanly; unswept; unwashed
Also see untidy
Derived from adjective dirtily → dirty
Attribute cleanness
Derivationally related form uncleanness → unclean
Derivationally related form dirtiness → dirty; dirt → dirty

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