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Synonyms for Dirty (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (contaminated with infecting organisms):
contaminated, pestiferous

WordNet sense 2 (containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms):
infected, septic

WordNet sense 3 ((of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear):
muddied

WordNet sense 4 (combined with extraneous elements):
impure

WordNet sense 5 (offensive or even (of persons) malicious):
awful, nasty

WordNet sense 6 (make soiled, filthy, or dirty):
begrime, bemire, grime, soil, colly

WordNet sense 7 ((of a manuscript) defaced with changes):
marked-up

WordNet sense 8 (obtained illegally or by improper means):
ill-gotten

WordNet sense 9 (prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules):
illegal

WordNet sense 10 (characterized by enmity or ill will):
hostile

WordNet sense 11 (violating accepted standards or rules):
unsportsmanlike, cheating, unsporting

WordNet sense 12 (not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception):
unfair, unjust

WordNet sense 13 (lacking in integrity):
corrupt

WordNet sense 14 (spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination):
contaminating

WordNet sense 15 (suggestive of or tending to moral looseness):
lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious

WordNet sense 16 (characterized by obscenity):
filthy, foul, smutty

WordNet sense 17 (characterized by profanity or cursing):
blue

WordNet sense 18 (not cleaned with or as if with soap and water):
unwashed

WordNet sense 19 (habitually unclean):
uncleanly

WordNet sense 20 (dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck):
mucky, muddy

WordNet sense 21 (infested with lice):
lousy

WordNet sense 22 (foul and run-down and repulsive):
flyblown, sordid, squalid

WordNet sense 23 (soiled with dirt or soot):
black

WordNet sense 24 (thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot):
dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, begrimed, dingy

WordNet sense 25 (made dirty or foul):
fouled

WordNet sense 26 (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime):
unclean, soiled

WordNet sense 27 ((especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion):
stormy


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