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not clean<after playing in the mud all day, his clothes were very dirty>Synonymsbesmirched, blackened, dingy, dusty, filthy, foul, grimy, grubby, grungy, mucky, muddy, nasty, smutty, soiled, sordid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanlyRelated Wordscontaminated, defiled, impure, polluted, tainted; uncleaned, unsanitary, unsterile, unsterilized, unwashed; discolored; bedraggled, draggled; chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, jumbled, littered, messed, messy, muddled, mussed, mussy, rumpled, scruffy, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy; shabby, sleazy, squalid; smutty, sootyNear Antonymsclear, limpid, pure; cleaned, cleansed, combed, groomed, neat, ordered, orderly, tidy; bleached, purified, whitened; bright, flawless, perfect, shiny, sparkling, unspotted, untouched; taintless, unblemished, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted, wholesomeAntonymsclean, cleanly, immaculate, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, stainless, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied
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depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society<some radio stations refused to play the song because of the dirty lyrics>— see obscene 1
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marked by wet and windy conditions<a forecast of dirty weather along the coast>— see foul 1
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not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport<the school is known for the dirty football it plays>— see foul 2
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not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency<accused the other campaign of playing dirty tricks>— see ignoble 2
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