Definition of Filthy

1. Adjective. Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter. "A nasty pigsty of a room"

Exact synonyms: Foul, Nasty
Similar to: Dirty, Soiled, Unclean
Derivative terms: Filth, Filth, Filthiness, Foulness, Nastiness

2. Adjective. Vile; despicable. "A filthy traitor"
Exact synonyms: Dirty, Lousy
Similar to: Awful, Nasty
Derivative terms: Filthiness, Lousiness

3. Adjective. Characterized by obscenity. "Smutty jokes"
Exact synonyms: Cruddy, Foul, Nasty, Smutty
Similar to: Dirty
Derivative terms: Filth, Filthiness, Nastiness, Smut, Smut, Smuttiness

Definition of Filthy

1. a. Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene.

Definition of Filthy

1. Adjective. Covered with filth; very dirty. ¹

2. Adjective. Obscene or offensive. ¹

3. Adjective. Very unpleasant or disagreeable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Filthy

1. offensively dirty [adj FILTHIER, FILTHIEST] : FILTHILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filthy

filtering out
filtering surgery
filtering up
filterlike
filters
filters down
filters out
filters up
filth
filthier
filthiest
filthily
filthiness
filthinesses
filths
filthy (current term)
filthy dirty
filthy lucre
filthy rich
filtra
filtrable
filtrable virus
filtrate
filtrate factor
filtrate nitrogen
filtrated
filtrates
filtrating
filtration
filtration angle

Literary usage of Filthy

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

1. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis Wright (1878)
"All. Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air. [Exeunt. SCENE II. A camp near Forres. ..."

2. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1908)
"To the Chinese milk and butter are insupportably odious.0 The meat of certain animals may also be regarded with disgust on account of their filthy habits or ..."

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