Definition of dirty

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• dirty is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
• dirty is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
• dirty is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8

Definition of dirty

• obtained illegally or by improper means (adjective)

  Examples

  1. dirty money

  Synonyms

  1. ill-gotten
• (of a manuscript) defaced with changes (adjective)

  Examples

  1. foul (or dirty) copy

  Synonyms

  1. foul
  2. marked-up
• violating accepted standards or rules (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a dirty fighter

  Synonyms

  1. cheating
  2. foul
  3. unsporting
  4. unsportsmanlike
• unethical or dishonest (adjective)

  Examples

  1. dirty police officers

  Synonyms

  1. shoddy
  2. sordid
• make soiled, filthy, or dirty (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. begrime
  2. bemire
  3. colly
  4. grime
  5. soil
• spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the air near the foundry was always dirty
  2. a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout

  Synonyms

  1. contaminating
• vile; despicable (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a dirty (or lousy) trick

  Synonyms

  1. filthy
  2. lousy
• contaminated with infecting organisms (adjective)

  Examples

  1. dirty wounds

  Synonyms

  1. pestiferous
• soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime (adjective)

  Examples

  1. dirty unswept sidewalks
  2. a child in dirty overalls
  3. dirty slums
  4. piles of dirty dishes
  5. put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
  6. mining is a dirty job
  7. Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves

  Synonyms

  1. soiled
  2. unclean
• (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a dirty (or dingy) white
  2. dirty-green walls
  3. dirty-blonde hair

  Synonyms

  1. dingy
  2. muddied
  3. muddy
• expressing or revealing hostility or dislike (adjective)

  Examples

  1. dirty looks
• (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency (adjective)

  Examples

  1. dirty words
  2. a dirty old man
  3. dirty books and movies
  4. boys telling dirty jokes
  5. has a dirty mouth
• unpleasantly stormy (adjective)

  Examples

  1. there's dirty weather in the offing

See definition of dirty in Merriam Webster