english
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adj.
messy:
It was a dirty room where we stayed.
Simple Definitions
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In addition to the idioms beginning with DIRTY, Also see DOWN AND DIRTY; WASH ONE'S DIRTY LINEN IN PUBLIC.
American Heritage Idioms
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adj. VERBS be, feel, look | get Go and play football if you like, but don't get dirty! | get sth, make sb/sth The soot had made everything dirty. (figurative) He's not frightened of getting his hands dirty (= doing physical work). ADV. extremely, filthy (informal), really, very Everything in the room was filthy dirty. | a bit, rather, slightly
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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dirty
not clean:
• His clothes were untidy and he had dirty hands.
filthy
very dirty:
• Each year filthy water causes millions of cases of illness.
muddy
covered with mud:
• It had been raining hard and the path was muddy.
dusty
covered with dust:
• the dusty shelves in the attic
greasy
covered with oil or grease:
• Greasy food is bad for your health.
grubby
( also mucky British English ) informal fairly dirty and needing to be cleaned or washed:
• He was wearing a grubby white T-shirt. • mucky fingers
grimy
covered with thick dirt or dirt that has been there a long time:
• I couldn’t see much out of the grimy windows of the train.
dingy
looking dark, dirty, and unpleasant. Used about rooms, houses, and buildings:
• We worked in a dingy little office behind the station.
polluted
used about land, water, or air that has been made dirty:
• 85% of city dwellers breathe heavily polluted air.
contaminated
made dirty by a dangerous substance or bacteria:
• The virus is mainly spread through contaminated food.
squalid
formal extremely dirty and unpleasant. Used about the place or conditions in which someone lives:
• People are living in squalid conditions, with little water and no sanitation.
unhygienic
formal used about dirty conditions that are likely to cause disease, especially conditions in kitchens, restaurants, and hospitals:
• The food was prepared under unhygienic conditions.
unsanitary
( also insanitary British English ) formal used about dirty conditions that are likely to cause disease, especially because there is not a good system for getting rid of waste:
• People’s health is being threatened by overcrowded and insanitary homes. • They work for long hours in unsanitary conditions.
soiled
formal made dirty, especially by waste from your body:
• Soiled nappies should be changed as quickly as possible.
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