dirty
$ \mathrm{dirty}
adjective
/ˈdɜːti/
(comparative dirtier, superlative dirtiest)
not clean
1 not clean
dirty hands/clothes/dishes
My thumb had left a dirty mark on the paper.
Try not to get too dirty!
She didn't want to get her dress dirty.
They found him huddled under a dirty old blanket
I always get given the dirty jobs (= jobs that make you become dirty).
Synonyms dirty
Collocations
verbs
befeellook…
adverb
extremelyfairlyvery…
offensive
2 ​usually before noun connected with sex in an offensive way
a dirty joke/book
He's got a dirty mind (= he often thinks about sex).
unpleasant/dishonest
3 ​usually before noun (informal) unpleasant or dishonest
That's a dirty lie!
They discovered her dirty little secret.
She's a dirty player.
He's a great man for doing the dirty jobs (= jobs which are unpleasant because they involve being dishonest or mean to people).
You dirty liar!
colours
4 ​only before noun not bright
a dirty brown carpet
drugs
5 ​(North American English, slang) using illegal drugs
Idioms
air/wash your dirty laundry/linen in public
dirty work
do the dirty on somebody
down and dirty
get your hands dirty
give/shoot somebody a dirty look