adjective dirtier, dirtiest
- soiled or soiling with dirt; unclean
- causing one to be soiled with dirt: a dirty occupation
- lacking luster or brilliance; dull, grayish, etc.: a dirty green
- obscene; pornographic: dirty jokes
- given to lechery or lustful thoughts; prurient: a dirty mind, dirty old man
- disagreeable or contemptible; mean; nasty: a dirty coward
- unfair; dishonest; unsportsmanlike: a dirty player
- unkind; malicious or malevolent: dirty remarks
- ☆ producing much fallout: said of nuclear weapons
- revealing anger or irritation: a dirty look
- squally; rough: dirty weather
- ☆ 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