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filth Definition

filth (filt̸h)

noun

  1. disgustingly offensive dirt, garbage, etc.
  2. anything considered as foul as this; esp., anything viewed as grossly indecent or obscene
  3. gross moral corruption

Etymology: ME < OE fylthe < base of ful (see foul) + -th

filth Synonyms

filth

n.

dirt, muck, sewage, garbage, ordure, dung, feces, contamination, corruption, pollution, uncleanness, foul matter, excreta, coprolite, guano, manure, slop, squalor, trash, grime, mud, smudge, silt, mire, offal, carrion, slush, slime, sludge, foulness, nastiness, filthiness, excrement, pus, dregs, lees, sediment, scum, putridity, putrescence, putrefaction, rottenness, impurity, obscenity, smut, pornography, crud*, grunge*, scuzz*. *

Antonyms cleanliness*, purity*, spotlessness.

filth Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • flesh: Christendom teaches that it is the putting away of the filth of the flesh.
  • world: The filth of the world that fastened itself to all of us, a filth that soiled our very souls, has been removed.
  • street: And in great cities it is forbidden to kill kites and ravens, because they devour the filth of the streets.
  • sin: He takes away the guilt of sin, and the filth of sin, and the punishment of it.
  • gutter: The gutter becomes their life, the filth of the gutter becomes part of their nature.
  • factory: Can you survive the misery of the mines or the filth of the factories?

Converse of object

  • accumulate: He moved over to the windowsill and half sat on it, heedless of the accumulated filth.
  • see: We simply didn't expect to see such filth on the family shopping site, Amazon.
  • remove: British officers asked for the loan of spades to remove this filth but the Japanese replied contemptuously " use your hands " .
  • deposit: The nature of the filth deposited by this river may well be imagined.
  • leave: The filth left by gypsies has been occupying the minds this week at the Boro Council.
  • give: Sometimes this means giving the filth an earner, often it means giving him a body.

Adjective modifier

  • vile: Apart from the vile filth put out by the BNP it must be hard to distinguish sometimes.
  • racist: Don't tell me you don't hear the racist filth that shouted every game.
  • such: We simply didn't expect to see such filth on the family shopping site, Amazon.
  • own: Deep in the circle of his pupil was the reflection of a giant toad, sitting asleep among its own putrid filth.
  • other: You typically roll around in paint and shaving cream and other filth in them, and you are never allowed to wash them.
  • human: Human filth was littered all around the closet doors.

Noun used with modifier

  • sub-human: It says a lot about the sub-human filth who voted Respect that they have someone like him as leader.
  • space: You've spent the last four hours among the awful oppressive space filth.

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