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filth⋅y

  [fil-thee] adjective, filth⋅i⋅er, filth⋅i⋅est, adverb, verb, filth⋅ied, filth⋅y⋅ing.
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–adjective
1. foul with, characterized by, or having the nature of filth; disgustingly or completely dirty.
2. vile; vulgar; obscene: filthy language.
3. contemptibly offensive, vile, or objectionable: to treat one's friends in a filthy manner.
4. (of money) abundantly supplied (often fol. by with): They're filthy with money.
–verb (used with object)
5. to make filthy; foul.
—Idiom
6. filthy rich, outrageously wealthy; very rich.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see filth, -y 1

Related forms:
filth⋅i⋅ly, adverb
filth⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. See dirty.
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filth·y   (fĭl'thē)   
adj.   filth·i·er, filth·i·est
  1. Covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty. See Synonyms at dirty.
  2. Obscene; scatological.
  3. Vile; nasty: a filthy traitor.
filth'i·ly adv., filth'i·ness n.
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Filthy

Filth"y\, a. [Compar. Filthier; superl. Filthiest.] Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene. "In the filthy-mantled pool." --Shak.

He which is filthy let him be filthy still. --Rev. xxii. 11.

Syn: Nasty; foul; dirty; squalid; unclean; sluttish; gross; vulgar; licentious. See Nasty.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : filthy
Spanish: sucio, asqueroso,
German: schmutzig,
Japanese: 汚い
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