filthy

adjectiveverbcommon in dialogue

//ˈfɪlθi//

Covered with filth; very dirty.

adjective

1
Covered with filth; very dirty.
The coaches were filthy outside and did not appear to have been painted or washed for years. Inside there were uncomfortable seats covered with a cane-like material.
2
Obscene or offensive.
Filthy smirking Pat Robertson has come in second in the Iowa Republican caucuses.
3
Very unpleasant or disagreeable.
Oh, that filthy dream again. Nightmares are bad enough but when it comes to night-toads—!
4
slangAngry; upset; severely annoyed.
Terrific fun it was. My best mate saved me, and the teacher was filthy.

Etymology

From Middle English filthy, filthi, equivalent to filth + -y.

verb

1
To make very dirty; to saturate something with dirt.
In the years following World War Two, Americans cut down vast forests, built thousands of factories, assembled millions of atmospherically toxic automobiles, and filthied the water throughout North America.
2
To cover in filth.
He shouldered his way inside, filthying his T-shirt on the charred wood.

Forms

comparative: filthier
superlative: filthiest
past tense: filthied
past participle: filthied
present participle: filthying
third person singular: filthies

filter · A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or…Filter · A surname from German.filth · Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.

filthy · Covered with filth; very dirty.

fin · One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to…Fin · commune in the Somme department in France final · A final examination; a test or examination given at the end…

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.