Dirty /(?)/

Dirt·y

Dirty

a.
  1. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.
  2. Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color.
  3. Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow.
    The creature's at his dirty work again.
  4. Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather.
    Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea.

Dirty

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.
  2. To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.