Crossword clues for dirtiest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dirty \Dirt"y\, a. [Compar. Dirtier; superl. Dirtiest.]
Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.
--Spenser.Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color.
--Locke.-
Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow.
The creature's at his dirty work again.
--Pope. -
Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather.
Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea.
--M. Arnold.Syn: Nasty; filthy; foul. See Nasty.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlativedirty)
WordNet
adj. soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "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" [syn: soiled, unclean] [ant: clean]
(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth" [ant: clean]
vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor" [syn: filthy, lousy]
spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout" [syn: contaminating] [ant: clean]
contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen [syn: contaminated, infected, pestiferous]
(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn: dingy, muddied, muddy]
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy" [syn: foul, marked-up]
obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains" [syn: ill-gotten]
expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"
violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [syn: cheating(a), foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike]
unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign" [syn: sordid]
unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"
See dirty
Usage examples of "dirtiest".
An, of course, he blames Sergeant Kranz an has him busted on the spot an sent here, to the dirtiest job in the army.
I swamped out cages, I carried water buckets, I posted paper, I did every least and dirtiest job there was to do.
Because you lack any useful skills, there's only the dirtiest labor jobs to make any sort of a living, and that would be only if they let you.
They've all been helping each other get rich by the quickest and dirtiest means they could arrange.
Dorothy Dwardie took her off to one side, giving Ray Scott the dirtiest look he had received since he got his junior grade bars.
And the sly gleam in the man's eyes suggested to Piemur that he had just let himself in for the worst and dirtiest of the chores about a Hold on a Gather day when the Lord was feasting guests.
Unfortunately, only a month later -- after one of the dirtiest double-crosses of all time -- he was stabbed twenty-three times on the steps of the senate.
Listen you get a hold of that fanner and tell him Dingleman is the biggest, fattest, dirtiest, goddam Jew who ever lived.
Well, if I go down before I get to shoot that motherfucker in the belly, it'll be the dirtiest shame I ever heard of.