filthy
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Etymology
From Middle English filthy, filthi, equivalent to filth + -y.
Pronunciation
Adjective
filthy (comparative filthier, superlative filthiest)
- Covered with filth; very dirty.
- 1953 July, Allen Rowley, “First Impressions of American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 492:
- The coaches were filthy outside and did not appear to have been painted or washed for years. Inside there were uncomfortable seats covered with a cane-like material.
- Obscene or offensive.
- 1987, Michael Grumley, Final Diary:
- Filthy smirking Pat Robertson has come in second in the Iowa Republican caucuses.
- Very unpleasant or disagreeable.
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Translations
covered with filth; very dirty
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obscene or offensive
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Verb
filthy (third-person singular simple present filthies, present participle filthying, simple past and past participle filthied)
- (transitive) To make very dirty; to saturate something with dirt.
- 2007, Tom Bissell, Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia:
- In the years following World War Two, Americans cut down vast forests, built thousands of factories, assembled millions of atmospherically toxic automobiles, and filthied the water throughout North America.
- (transitive) To cover in filth.
- 2009, Jeffery Deaver, Hell's Kitchen:
- He shouldered his way inside, filthying his T-shirt on the charred wood.
Translations
to make dirty throughout; to contaminate
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to cover in filth
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