DIRTY

a. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. Spenser.

2.
a.

Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color. Locke.

3.
a.

Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow. The creature's at his dirty work again. Pope.

4.
a.

Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather. Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea. M. Arnold.

5.
v.

To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.

6.
v.

To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.


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