dirtier

Variant of dirty

adjective dirtier, dirtiest

  1. soiled or soiling with dirt; unclean
  2. causing one to be soiled with dirt: a dirty occupation
  3. lacking luster or brilliance; dull, grayish, etc.: a dirty green
  4. obscene; pornographic: dirty jokes
  5. given to lechery or lustful thoughts; prurient: a dirty mind, dirty old man
  6. disagreeable or contemptible; mean; nasty: a dirty coward
  7. unfair; dishonest; unsportsmanlike: a dirty player
  8. unkind; malicious or malevolent: dirty remarks
  9. ☆ producing much fallout: said of nuclear weapons
  10. revealing anger or irritation: a dirty look
  11. squally; rough: dirty weather
  12. Slang rasping, reedy, rough, etc. in tone: a dirty trumpet

Origin: ME dritti

transitive verb, intransitive verb dirtied, dirtying

to make or become dirty; soil; tarnish; stain

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