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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FILTH'Y, a.
1. Dirty; foul; unclean; nasty.
2. Polluted; defiled by sinful practices; morally impure.
He that is filthy, let him be filthy still. Revelation 22.
3. Obtained by base and dishonest means; as filthy lucre. Titus 1.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room" [syn: filthy, foul, nasty]
2: vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor" [syn: dirty, filthy, lousy]
3: characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes" [syn: cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective (filthier; -est) Date: 14th century 1. covered with, containing, or characterized by filth 2. a. underhand, vile b. obscene <filthy language> Synonyms: see dirty • filthily adverb • filthiness noun II. adverb Date: 1940 in a filthy manner <filthy dirty> <filthy rich>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & adv. --adj. (filthier, filthiest) 1 extremely or disgustingly dirty. 2 obscene. 3 colloq. (of weather) very unpleasant. 4 vile. --adv. 1 filthily (filthy dirty). 2 colloq. extremely (filthy rich). Phrases and idioms: filthy lucre 1 dishonourable gain (Tit.
1:11). 2 joc. money. Derivatives: filthily adv. filthiness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(filthier, filthiest) 1. Something that is filthy is very dirty indeed. He never washed, and always wore a filthy old jacket. = grimy ADJ 2. If you describe something as filthy, you mean that you think it is morally very unpleasant and disgusting, sometimes in a sexual way. The play was full of filthy foul language. ADJ [disapproval] 3. filthy rich: see rich

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Dirty, nasty, foul, defiled, unclean, squalid. 2. Impure, gross, corrupt, unclean, foul.

Moby Thesaurus

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