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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
dirty
    adj 1: soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty
           unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty
           slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on
           the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a
           dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her
           sisters preened themselves" [syn: dirty, soiled,
           unclean] [ant: clean]
    2: (of behavior or especially language) characterized by
       obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man";
       "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a
       dirty mouth" [ant: clean, unobjectionable]
    3: vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy
       traitor" [syn: dirty, filthy, lousy]
    4: spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive
       contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty";
       "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived
       radioactive fallout" [syn: dirty, contaminating] [ant:
       clean, uncontaminating]
    5: contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds";
       "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen [syn:
       dirty, pestiferous]
    6: (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;
       "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy)
       white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors";
       "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn: dirty,
       dingy, muddied, muddy]
    7: (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty)
       copy" [syn: dirty, foul, marked-up]
    8: obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-
       gotten gains" [syn: dirty, ill-gotten]
    9: expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"
    10: violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter";
        "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve";
        "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [syn: cheating(a),
        dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike]
    11: unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid
        political campaign" [syn: dirty, sordid]
    12: unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"
    v 1: make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes
         when you play outside!" [syn: dirty, soil, begrime,
         grime, colly, bemire] [ant: clean, make clean]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dirty \Dirt"y\, a. [Compar. Dirtier; superl. Dirtiest.]
   1. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure;
      serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty
      white. --Spenser.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color. --Locke.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow.
      [1913 Webster]

            The creature's at his dirty work again. --Pope.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather.
      [1913 Webster]

            Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea.
                                                  --M. Arnold.

   Syn: Nasty; filthy; foul. See Nasty.
        [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dirty \Dirt"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dirtied; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Dirtying.]
   1. To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes
      or hands.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of
      reputation, character, etc.
      [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Colorless \Col"or*less\, a.
   1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent;
      as, colorless water; a colorless gas.

   Note: [Narrower terms: ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale,
         pallid, pasty, wan, waxen; neutral; white] [Also
         See: achromatic, colorless.]
         [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

   2. Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar
      sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes,
      prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style;
      definitions should be colorless.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. having lost its normal color.

   Note: [Narrower terms: blanched, etiolate, etiolated,
         whitened; bleached, faded, washed-out, washy;
         dimmed, dulled, grayed; dirty; dull, sober,
         somber, subfusc] colored

   Syn: colorless, uncolored, uncoloured.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

Thesaurus Results for Dirty:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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