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| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to be soiled |
| Synonyms: | blacken, blotch, blur, botch, coat, contaminate, corrupt, debase, decay, defile, discolor, foul, grime, mess up, mold, muddy, pollute, rot, smear, smirch, smoke, smudge, spatter, spoil, spot, stain, sully, sweat, taint, tarnish, begrime, besoil, draggle, encrust, make dusty, make impure, smutch, tar |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanse, purify, sterilize |
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soiled, unclean |
| Synonyms: | bedraggled, black, crummy, defiled, disheveled, dusty, filthy, foul, greasy, grimy, grubby, grungy*, icky*, lousy, messy, muddy, murky, nasty, pigpen*, raunchy, slimy, sloppy, slovenly, smutty, sooty, spotted, squalid, unkempt, unsanitary, unsightly, untidy, yucky*, begrimed, contaminated, cruddy, disarrayed, dishabille, dreggy, dungy, fouled, mucky, mung, polluted, scummy, scuzzy, slatternly, smudged, spattered, stained, straggly, sullied, undusted, unhygienic, unlaundered, unswept, unwashed |
| Antonyms: | clean, pure, spotless, sterile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscene, pornographic |
| Synonyms: | base, blue, coarse, contemptible, despicable, filthy, immoral, impure, indecent, lewd, low, mean, nasty, off-color, ribald, risqué, salacious, scatological, smutty, sordid, squalid, unclean, vile, vulgar, scurvy, unchaste, uncleanly |
| Antonyms: | clean, moral, upright |
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest |
| Synonyms: | below the belt*, cheating, corrupt, crooked, deceitful, double-dealing, foul, shabby, shady, shifty, sleazy, sneaky, sordid, underhanded, unethical, unscrupulous, untruthful |
| Antonyms: | clean, nice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bedraggled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unkempt |
| Synonyms: | decrepit, dilapidated, dirty, disheveled, disordered, dowdy, faded, messy, muddy, run-down, seedy, shabby, sloppy, slovenly, sodden, soiled, tacky, tattered, threadbare, untidy, wet, drenched, dripping, muddied, stained, sullied |
| Antonyms: | clean, neat, tidy |
| Main Entry: | below the belt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | nastily and unfairly |
| Synonyms: | cowardly, dirty, dishonest, foul, unjust, unscrupulous, unsportsmanlike |
| Main Entry: | clutter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause mess, disarray |
| Synonyms: | dirty, jumble, litter, muddle, scatter, snarl, strew |
| Antonyms: | array, neaten, order, tidy, clean up |
| Main Entry: | contaminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate |
| Synonyms: | alloy, befoul, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deprave, desecrate, dirty, harm, infect, injure, pervert, poison, pollute, profane, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiate, muck up, radioactivate |
| Antonyms: | clean, cure, heal, purify, sterilize |
| Main Entry: | contemptible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | despicable, shameful |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abject, abominable, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, crass, degenerate, detestable, dirty, disgusting, hateful, heel, ignoble, ignominious, inferior, low, lowest, mean, odious, outcast, paltry, pitiful, poor, sad, shabby, sordid, sorry*, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched, currish, despisable, low-down*, pitiable, scummy, scurvy, swinish |
| Notes: | contemptible means deserving contempt, while contemptuous means bestowing contempt; the first sense of contemptuous was 'despising law and order' |
| Antonyms: | admirable, good, honorable, loved, respectable, worthy, admired |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | criminal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lawless, felonious |
| Synonyms: | bent, caught, corrupt, crooked, culpable, deplorable, dirty, heavy, hung up*, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, off base*, peccant, racket, scandalous, senseless, shady*, smoking gun*, unlawful, vicious, villainous, wicked, wildcat*, wrong, indictable, out of line, unrighteous |
| Antonyms: | correct, lawful, legal, moral, right, righteous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | culpable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | responsible for action |
| Synonyms: | amiss, answerable, at fault, blamable, blameworthy, caught, censurable, dirty, guilty, hung up, liable, off base, punishable, reprehensible, responsible, sinful, smoking gun*, unholy, wrong, blameful, caught in the act, caught red-handed, demeritorious, found wanting, impeachable, in the wrong, indictable, out of line, to blame |
| Antonyms: | blameless, inculpable, innocent, right, not guilty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | damage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause injury, loss |
| Synonyms: | abuse, batter, bleach, blight, break, burn, contaminate, corrode, corrupt, crack, cripple, deface, defile, dirty, discolor, disfigure, disintegrate, dismantle, fade, gnaw, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, infect, injure, lacerate, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pollute, ravage, rot, ruin, rust, scorch, scratch, smash, split, spoil, stab, stain, tarnish, tear, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wound, wreck, wrong, bang up, scathe, tamper with, wear away, wreak havoc on |
| Antonyms: | benefit, bless, enhance, favor, fix, improve, mend, perfect, repair |
| Main Entry: | daub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coat; make dirty |
| Synonyms: | blur, cover, dab, deface, dirty, fleck, grime, paint, plaster, smear, smirch, smudge, spatter, splatter, spot, spread, stain, sully, varnish, begrime, besmear, bespray, slap on, speckle, variegate |
| Main Entry: | defile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrupt, violate |
| Synonyms: | abuse, adulterate, befoul, besmirch, contaminate, debase, deflower, degrade, desecrate, dirty, discolor, disgrace, dishonor, hurt, mess up*, molest, pollute, profane, rape, ravish, seduce, shame, smear, soil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, trash, vitiate, maculate, make foul, muck up*, scuzz up, tar |
| Antonyms: | clean, hallow, honor, purify, sanctify, clease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defiled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupted, violated |
| Synonyms: | common, dirty, exposed, impure, tainted, unclean, besmirched, cooked, desecrated, dishonored, mucked up, polluted, profaned, ravished, spoilt, trashed, vitiated |
| Antonyms: | clean, hallowed, honorable, pure, sanctified, cleansed, purified |
| Main Entry: | deplorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfortunate, shameful |
| Synonyms: | awful, blameworthy, bummer*, calamitous, dire, dirty, disastrous, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, distressing, dolorous, downer*, dreadful, execrable, faulty, grievous, grim, heartbreaking, heartrending, intolerable, lamentable, lousy, melancholy, miserable, mournful, opprobrious, overwhelming, poor, regrettable, reprehensible, rotten, sad, scandalous, sickening, stinking, terrible, tragic, unbearable, unsatisfactory, woeful, wretched, afflictive, godawful, horrifying, pitiable |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, delightful, excellent, good, happy, shameless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | depraved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, immoral |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, bad, base, debased, debauched, degenerate, degraded, dirty*, dissolute, evil, fast*, filthy*, kinky*, lascivious, lewd, licentious, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious, perverted, profligate, putrid, rotten, shameless, sinful, twisted, unhealthy, unnatural, vicious, vile, villainous, vitiate, wanton, wicked, dirty-minded, flagitous, gone to the dogs, vitiated, warped |
| Antonyms: | good, honorable, just, moral, noble, pure, upright, virtuous, uncorrupt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | despicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful; beyond contempt |
| Synonyms: | abject, awful, base, beastly, cheap, contemptible, degrading, detestable, dirty, disgraceful, disreputable, down, ignominious, infamous, insignificant, loathsome, low, mean, pitiful, reprehensible, shameful, slimy*, sordid, vile, worthless, wretched, low-life, no-good |
| Antonyms: | desirous, honorable, respectable, virtuous, worthy, likeable, loveable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dingy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soiled, tacky |
| Synonyms: | broken-down, colorless, dark, dilapidated, dim, dirty, drab, dreary, dull, dusky, faded, gloomy, grimy, muddy, murky, obscure, run-down, seedy, shabby, somber, threadbare, tired, bedimmed, darkish, discolored, smirched, sullied, tarnished |
| Antonyms: | bright, clean, immaculate, neat, pure, spotless |
| Main Entry: | disheveled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrinkled, unkempt in appearance |
| Synonyms: | beat up*, bedraggled, dirty, disordered, frowzy*, grubby*, messy, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, tousled, untidy, bagged out, blowzy, disarranged, disarrayed, messed up, mussed up, mussy, ruffled, rumpled, scuzzy, unbuttoned, uncombed, unfastidious, unzipped |
| Antonyms: | neat, ordered, orderly, tidy, unwrinkled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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