Translate dirty | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of dirty
adjective (dirtier, dirtiest)
covered or marked with an unclean substance:a tray of dirty cups and saucers her boots were dirty causing a person or environment to become unclean:farming is a hard, dirty job (of a nuclear weapon) producing considerable radioactive fallout. (of a color) not bright, clear, or pure:the sea was a waste of dirty gray concerned with sex in an unpleasant or obscene way:he told a stream of dirty jokes [attributive] informal used to emphasize one’s disgust for someone or something:you dirty rat! (of an activity) dishonest; dishonorable:he had a reputation for dirty dealing (of weather) rough, stormy, and unpleasant:the yacht was ready for dirty weather (of popular music) having a distorted or rasping tone:Nirvana’s dirty guitar sound
verb (dirties, dirtying, dirtied)
[with object] make dirty:she didn’t like him dirtying her nice clean towels
