Meaning

19 senses
  1. Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.

    Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty.

    schmutzig, dreckig, verdreckt

    гря́зныйgrjáznyj, испа́чканныйispáčkannyj, гря́зныйgrjáznyj

    брудни́йbrudnýj

    soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime

  2. That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.

    Don't put that in your mouth, dear. It's dirty.

    schmutzig

    гря́зныйgrjáznyj

    contaminated with infecting organisms

  3. Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.

    At the reception, Uncle Nick got drunk and told dirty jokes to the bridesmaids.

  4. Dishonorable; violating accepted standards or rules.

    He might have scored, but it was a dirty trick that won him the penalty.

    schmutzig

    гря́зныйgrjáznyj, по́длыйpódlyj

    violating accepted standards or rules

  5. Corrupt, illegal, or improper.

    I won't accept your dirty money!

    schmutzig

    гря́зныйgrjáznyj

    obtained illegally or by improper means

  6. Out of tune.

    You need to tune that guitar: the G string sounds dirty.

  7. Of color, discolored by impurities.

    The old flag was a dirty white.

    schmutzig

    гря́зныйgrjáznyj

    (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination

  8. Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.

    Occasionally it reads the sector into a dirty buffer, which means it needs to sync the dirty buffer first.

  9. (slang)Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.

    None of y'all get into my car if you're dirty.

  10. (informal)Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".

    He lives in a dirty great mansion.

  11. Sleety; gusty; stormy.

    dirty weather

    unpleasantly stormy

  12. (slang)Of an alcoholic beverage, especially a cocktail or mixed drink: served with the juice of olives.

    dirty martini

Examples

1025 sentences
  1. Tom is dirty, but Mary isn't.

    Том брудний, а Мері — ні.

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  2. We must wash all these dirty plates.

    Ми мусимо помити всі ці брудні тарілки.

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  3. She wanted to wash the dirty clothes.

    Вона хотіла випрати брудний одяг.

    ruОна хотела постирать грязную одежду.

    deSie wollte die verschmutzten Kleider waschen.

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  4. I don't want to get my hands dirty.

    Я не хочу бруднити руки.

    ruЯ не хочу замарать руки.

    deIch will mir nicht die Hände schmutzig machen.

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  5. He doesn't care if his car is dirty.

    Він не турбується, якщо його машина не вимита.

    ruЕму всё равно, грязная у него машина или нет.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
covered with or containing dirt:
Русский
By meaning 3
covered with or containing dirt:
morally unclean, obscene or indecent:
dishonourable, violating standards or rules:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
covered with or containing dirt:
morally unclean, obscene or indecent:

Origin

From Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt + -y. Cognate

From Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German drēterich (“dirty”).

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Forms

dirtier, dirtiest
Comparativedirtier Lesson
Superlativedirtiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

48 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

18 antonyms

Word family

62 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • dirty dishes in
  • dirty dishes
  • dirty clothes
  • his dirty clothes
  • is very dirty
  • his clothes dirty
  • clothes dirty
  • the dirty dishes
  • car is dirty
  • clothes are dirty
  • room is dirty
  • shoes are dirty

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dirty — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto