filthy
/ˈfɪlθi/
filthy adjective: covered with filth; very dirty.
Adjective
filthy (comparative filthier, superlative filthiest)
- 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.1953 July, Allen Rowley, “First Impressions of American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 492
- Obscene or offensive.
- Filthy smirking Pat Robertson has come in second in the Iowa Republican caucuses.1987, Michael Grumley, Final Diary
- Very unpleasant or disagreeable.
- Oh, that filthy dream again. Nightmares are bad enough but when it comes to night-toads—!1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
- Angry; upset; severely annoyed.
- Terrific fun it was. My best mate saved me, and the teacher was filthy.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 166
Verb
filthy (third-person singular simple present filthies, present participle filthying, simple past and past participle filthied)
- 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.2007, Tom Bissell, Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
- To cover in filth.
- He shouldered his way inside, filthying his T-shirt on the charred wood.2009, Jeffery Deaver, Hell's Kitchen
filthy meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
filthy in Marathi
- filthy, foul
- ओंगळ oṅgaḷ
filthy in Urdu
- filthy, dirty, nasty, foul
- غلیظ ġalīz
filthy in Bengali
- filthy or unutterable words, obscene language
- অকথ্য ôkôtthô
- filthy, vile, mean
- জঘন্য joghonno
filthy in Telugu
- covered with filth; very dirty
- మురికి muriki
More languagesFewer languages
- filthy in Malayalam
- വൃത്തികെട്ട, മലിനം, പങ്കിലം, നിന്ദ്യം
- filthy in Persian
- پلید palid
Examples of filthy in a sentence
- The food wasn't much to write home about: it was filthy slop.
- You spend as though you were filthy rich, when you hardly make ends meet.
- They could use a bit of spit and polish around here. The place is filthy.
Synonyms of filthy
Antonyms
Forms of filthy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | filthier |
| superlative | filthiest |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | filthies |
| present participle | filthying |
| past participle | filthied |
| past | filthied |
Origin of filthy
From Middle English filthy, filthi, equivalent to filth + -y.
Words formed from filthy
Questions about filthy
- What does filthy mean?
- Filthy means covered with filth; very dirty.
- What is filthy in Marathi?
- Filthy in Marathi is ओंगळ (oṅgaḷ). See Filthy meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is filthy?
- Filthy can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce filthy?
- Filthy is pronounced /ˈfɪlθi/.
Words near filthy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: filthy (page history and authors); ओंगळ (Marathi) (page history and authors); غلیظ (Urdu) (page history and authors); অকথ্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); filthy (Malayalam 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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