Meaning of "dirty" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF DIRTY

dirty  [ˈdɜːtɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIRTY

Dirty is a verb and can also act as an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dirty in English.

WHAT DOES DIRTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dirt

Dirt is unclean matter, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin, or possessions, making them dirty. Common types of dirt include: ▪ soil: a mix of clay, sand, and humus which lies over terrestrial bedrock ▪ dust: a powder of organic or mineral matter ▪ grime: dark, ingrained dust such as soot or ash ▪ filth: foul matter such as excrement...

Definition of dirty in the English dictionary

The first definition of dirty in the dictionary is covered or marked with dirt; filthy. Other definition of dirty is obscene; salacious. Dirty is also sexually clandestine.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DIRTY

PRESENT

Present

I dirty

you dirty

he/she/it dirties

we dirty

you dirty

they dirty

Present continuous

I am dirtying

you are dirtying

he/she/it is dirtying

we are dirtying

you are dirtying

they are dirtying

Present perfect

I have dirtied

you have dirtied

he/she/it has dirtied

we have dirtied

you have dirtied

they have dirtied

Present perfect continuous

I have been dirtying

you have been dirtying

he/she/it has been dirtying

we have been dirtying

you have been dirtying

they have been dirtying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I dirtied

you dirtied

he/she/it dirtied

we dirtied

you dirtied

they dirtied

Past continuous

I was dirtying

you were dirtying

he/she/it was dirtying

we were dirtying

you were dirtying

they were dirtying

Past perfect

I had dirtied

you had dirtied

he/she/it had dirtied

we had dirtied

you had dirtied

they had dirtied

Past perfect continuous

I had been dirtying

you had been dirtying

he/she/it had been dirtying

we had been dirtying

you had been dirtying

they had been dirtying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will dirty

you will dirty

he/she/it will dirty

we will dirty

you will dirty

they will dirty

Future continuous

I will be dirtying

you will be dirtying

he/she/it will be dirtying

we will be dirtying

you will be dirtying

they will be dirtying

Future perfect

I will have dirtied

you will have dirtied

he/she/it will have dirtied

we will have dirtied

you will have dirtied

they will have dirtied

Future perfect continuous

I will have been dirtying

you will have been dirtying

he/she/it will have been dirtying

we will have been dirtying

you will have been dirtying

they will have been dirtying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would dirty

you would dirty

he/she/it would dirty

we would dirty

you would dirty

they would dirty

Conditional continuous

I would be dirtying

you would be dirtying

he/she/it would be dirtying

we would be dirtying

you would be dirtying

they would be dirtying

Conditional perfect

I would have dirty

you would have dirty

he/she/it would have dirty

we would have dirty

you would have dirty

they would have dirty

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been dirtying

you would have been dirtying

he/she/it would have been dirtying

we would have been dirtying

you would have been dirtying

they would have been dirtying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you dirty
we let´s dirty
you dirty

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to dirty

Past participle

dirtied

Present Participle

dirtying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DIRTY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dirty» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of dirty

abject · base · bawdy · beggarly · begrime · begrimed · blacken · blue · cheap · cheating · coarse · contemptible · corrupt · cowardly · crafty · crooked · dark · deceitful · deceiving · deceptive · defile · despicable · detestable · dishonest · double-dealing · dull · festy · filthy · foul · fraudulent · grimy · gross · grotty · grubby · grungy · gusty · ignominious · illegal · indecent · knavish · lewd · low · low-down · mean · messy · miry · mucky · muddy · nasty · obscene · off-colour · offensive · page-three · pollute · polluted · pornographic · rainy · rude · salacious · scungy · scurvy · scuzzy · shabby · shameful · skanky · sleazy · smear · smirch · smudge · smutty · soil · sordid · spoil · squalid · squally · stain · stormy · suggestive · sullied · sully · treacherous · unclean · unfair · unscrupulous · unsporting · unwholesome · vile · vulgar · worthless · wretched · X-rated

TRANSLATION OF DIRTY

Find out the translation of dirty to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of dirty from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dirty» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 肮脏的
• Translator English - Spanish: sucio
• English: dirty
• Translator English - Hindi: गंदा
• Translator English - Arabic: قَذِر
• Translator English - Russian: грязный
• Translator English - Portuguese: sujo
• Translator English - Bengali: মলিন
• Translator English - French: sale
• Translator English - Malay: Kotor
• Translator English - German: schmutzig
• Translator English - Japanese: 汚れた
• Translator English - Korean: 더러운
• Translator English - Javanese: Reged
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bẩn
• Translator English - Tamil: அழுக்கு
• Translator English - Marathi: घाणेरडा
• Translator English - Turkish: kirli
• Translator English - Italian: sporco
• Translator English - Polish: brudny
• Translator English - Ukrainian: брудний
• Translator English - Romanian: murdar
• Translator English - Greek: βρόμικος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: vuil
• Translator English - Swedish: smutsig
• Translator English - Norwegian: skitten

10 QUOTES WITH «DIRTY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dirty.

1

Nina Arianda

I don't really know what 'American' is. I know what Ukrainian is. We're happy Slavic people. We're not Dostoyevsky Slavic people. There's this sense of 'pick it up, get your hands dirty, make the best of it, celebrate.'

2

Avicii

Originality is definitely missing from EDM. There are people looking for it and exploring but I feel it's so big now it is just getting milked. House music is losing all its melody as it becomes more about how dirty the drop is and how energetic it is. It loses touch with what music really is.

3

Thomas P.M. Barnett

Frankly, the only thing China has in easy abundance is people and dirty coal. Neither is the asset they're made out to be.

4

Lawrence Block

New York is an ugly city, a dirty city... But there is one thing about it. Once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.

5

Neal Boortz

If it is wrong for you to take money from someone else who earned it, to take their money by force for your own needs, then it is certainly just as wrong for you to demand that the government step forward and do this dirty work for you.

6

David Boreanaz

I see L.A. as a beautiful blonde with dirty underwear.

7

Morgan Brittany

The highest grossing films have great, moral messages - not dirty, base themes, so we're trying to get producers to make more of the uplifting movies.

8

Joseph Brodsky

Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any book, including the holy book. Small wonder, then, that so many play dirty, that so few win, that so many lose.

9

James Cagney

You dirty, double-crossing rat.

10

Dick Cavett

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIRTY»

Discover the use of dirty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dirty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Dirty Korean: Everyday Slang from What's Up? to F*%# Off!

GET D!RTY Next time you're traveling or just chattin' in Korean with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including: -Cool slang -Funny insults -Explicit sex terms -Raw ...

Haewon Geebi Baek, 2010

Play Dirty: A Novel

From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Chill Factor" and "Ricochet" comes this gripping story of obsessive love and its deadly consequences. Now available in a tall Premium Edition.

Sandra Brown, 2009

Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Terrified of using “who” when a “whom” is called for? Do you avoid the words “affect” and “effect” altogether? Grammar Girl is here to help! Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a.

Mignon Fogarty, 2008

Harry the Dirty Dog

So one day before bath time, Harry runs away. He plays outside all day long, digging and sliding in everything from garden soil to pavement tar. By the time he returns home, Harry is so dirty he looks like a black dog with white spots.

Gene Zion, 1976

Dirty Politics: Deception, Distraction, and Democracy

Now campaign analyst Kathleen Hall Jamieson provides an eye-opening look at the tactics used by political advertisers. Photos and line drawings.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, 1993

Dirty Money

Anari is the epitome of a good-girl-turned-bad after her world is brutally destroyed.

Ashley, JaQuavis, 2013

The Dirty Girls Social Club: A Novel

A vibrant, can't-put-it-down novel of six friends--each one an unforgettable Latina woman in her late '20s--and the complications and triumphs in their lives Inseparable since their days at Boston University almost ten years before, six ...

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, 2007

Rationale of the Dirty Joke: An Analysis of Sexual Humor

These folk texts are authentically transcribed in their innocent and sometimes violent entirety.

G. Legman, 2007

A Dirty War in West Africa: The RUF and the Destruction of ...

" --William Reno, Northwestern University A Dirty War in West Africa recounts Lansana Gberie's harrowing experiences as a journalist during the decade-long civil war in Sierra Leone.

Lansana Gberie, 2005

Dirty Red

Having tricked her boyfriend into believing she is pregnant, eighteen-year-old Red enjoys his lavish attentions until she becomes pregnant for real by an ex-boyfriend who is in jail, a situation that leads her into home ownership and a ...

Vickie M. Stringer, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIRTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dirty is used in the context of the following news items.

McDonald's New Happy Meal Toy Has a Dirty Mouth - Gizmodo

Parents are outraged about the new Minions-themed Happy Meal toys at McDonalds. How could anyone be upset by those cute little guys from ... «Gizmodo, Jul 15»

Dirty beer pong is now a thing of the past - Telegraph

When playing beer pong, the balls tend to miss their goal more often than not, leaving you no choice but to play with a dusty, dirty ball and have ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Pope's South American tour recalls a divided church – and a dirty war

Pope Francis waves as he rides in the popemobile through the Ecuadorean capital, Quito. Photograph: Juan Cevallos/AFP/Getty Images. «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Dirty Deeds: Ex-AC/DC Drummer Phil Rudd Sentenced to Home …

Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd isn't just a bad guy — but also a so-so musician, a New Zealand judge said Thursday (local time) in ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»

The Dirty Little Secrets About 2016 Predictions - Sean Trende …

The Dirty Little Secrets About 2016 Predictions. Sooner or later, we'll see a miss like those in Greece, Israel or England in a presidential race. «Politico, Jul 15»

Ashley Tisdale gets a birthday kiss from Sarah Hyland at 'dirty 30 …

Ashley Tisdale shows off her abs in colourful crop top as she gets a birthday kiss from pal Sarah Hyland at 'dirty 30' party. By Joanna Crawley ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

'Dirty Dozen' Liberal Blue States Going Broke - Breitbart

In fact, 11 of the 14 least fiscally solvent states are also on the list of the “dirty dozen” most liberal blue states. In descending order of fiscal ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»

A John Ford Retrospective, Plus Dirty Looks - WSJ

A John Ford Retrospective, Plus Dirty Looks. Classic westerns, 'queer experimental film' and more in this week's Repertory Film. Sharon Van ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

Review: 'Dirty Dancing' a messy, cheesy mambo down memory lane …

Samuel Pergande (Johnny) and the company of the North American tour of Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story On Stage. | Matthew Murphy. «Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jul 15»

'Dirty' hospital set for clean up - Gauteng | IOL News

Johannesburg - After patient reports of dirty loos and cupboards full of cockroaches, the Gauteng Department of Health has said maintenance ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»