dirtiness
dirtiness noun: the state or quality of being dirty.
Noun
dirtiness (usually uncountable, plural dirtinesses)
- The state or quality of being dirty.
- Paul was distressingly clean, but Babbitt reveled in a good sound dirtiness, in not having to shave till his spirit was moved to it.1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XI, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, section IV, page 150
- Dirtiness is inherent in hotels and restaurants, because sound food is sacrificed to punctuality and smartness.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XIV, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- filthiness, soil
dirtiness meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Urdu
dirtiness in Hindi
- dirtiness, impurity
- मलिनता malintā
dirtiness in Tamil
- அசுத்தம்
dirtiness in Urdu
- گندگی, غلاظت, جنابت, خباثت, میل, ناپاکی
Synonyms of dirtiness
Forms of dirtiness
| plural | dirtinesses |
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Origin of dirtiness
From dirty + -ness.
Questions about dirtiness
- What does dirtiness mean?
- Dirtiness means the state or quality of being dirty.
- What is dirtiness in Hindi?
- Dirtiness in Hindi is मलिनता (malintā). See Dirtiness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dirtiness?
- Dirtiness is a noun.
- What is the plural of dirtiness?
- The plural of dirtiness is dirtinesses.
Words near dirtiness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dirtiness (page history and authors); मलिनता (Hindi) (page history and authors); dirtiness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dirtiness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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