Lexic.us

Definition of Filthy

1. Adjective. Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter. "A nasty pigsty of a room"

2. Adjective. Vile; despicable. "A filthy traitor"

3. Adjective. Characterized by obscenity. "Smutty jokes"

Definition of Filthy

1. a. Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene.

Definition of Filthy

1. Adjective. Covered with filth; very dirty. ¹

2. Adjective. Obscene or offensive. ¹

3. Adjective. Very unpleasant or disagreeable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Filthy

1. offensively dirty [adj FILTHIER, FILTHIEST] : FILTHILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filthy

filtering out filtering surgery filtering up filterlike filters filters down filters out filters up filth filthier

filthiest filthily filthiness filthinesses filths filthy (current term) filthy dirty filthy lucre filthy rich filtra

filtrable filtrable virus filtrate filtrate factor filtrate nitrogen filtrated filtrates filtrating filtration filtration angle

Literary usage of Filthy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis Wright (1878)
"All. Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air. [Exeunt. SCENE II. A camp near Forres. ..."

2. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1908)
"To the Chinese milk and butter are insupportably odious.0 The meat of certain animals may also be regarded with disgust on account of their filthy habits or ..."

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