Definition of Dirtiness

1. Noun. The state of being unsanitary.


2. Noun. The state of containing dirty impurities.
Generic synonyms: Impureness, Impurity
Derivative terms: Dirty

3. Noun. Obscenity in speech or writing.
Exact synonyms: Smuttiness
Generic synonyms: Bawdiness, Lewdness, Obscenity, Salaciousness, Salacity
Derivative terms: Dirty, Smutty

Definition of Dirtiness

1. n. The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.

Definition of Dirtiness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being dirty. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dirtiness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dirtiness

dirtbag
dirtbags
dirtball
dirtbike
dirtbikes
dirtboard
dirtboards
dirted
dirth
dirtied
dirtier
dirties
dirtiest
dirtily
dirtiness
dirtinesses
dirting
dirtless
dirtlike
dirtman
dirtmen
dirtproof
dirts
dirty-faced
dirty-minded
dirty blond
dirty blonds

Literary usage of Dirtiness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life in Mexico During a Residence of Two Years in that Country (1843)
"... ento — Crowded party — French cooks — Mexican cook — State of household — Yew Year's day — Mass — Dirtiness of the churches, &c. ..."

2. Seven Years in South Africa: Travels, Researches, and Hunting Adventures by Emile Holub (1881)
"... chief—A spy—Menon's administration of justice —Pilfering propensities and dirtiness of the ... dirtiness ..."

3. Russia by Astolphe Custine (1855)
"Ugliness and Dirtiness of the Women of the Lower Classes —their Disproportion in Point of Number, and its Result. —Asiatic Manners.—Russian Politeness. ..."

4. Scottish Reminiscences by Sir Archibald Geikie (1904)
"Dirtiness of the streets. Clubs. Hutton and Black in Edinburgh. A feast of snails. Royal Society Club. ..."

5. My Diary in India, in the Year 1858-9 by Sir William Howard Russell (1860)
"Picturesque dirtiness.—Arab Crafts and their crews.—Exhausting heat. IF the bazaar of Cairo is still one of the most " Oriental-looking " covered ways in ..."

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