Antonyms for filthy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fil-thee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪl θi


Definition of filthy

Origin :
  • late 12c., fulthe, "corrupt, sinful," from filth + -y (2). Meaning "physically unclean" is from late 14c. Meaning "morally dirty, obscene" is from 1530s.
  • In early use often hardly more emphatic than the mod. dirty; it is now a violent expression of disgust, seldom employed in polite colloquial speech. [OED]
  • Related: Filthiness.
  • adj dirty, polluted
  • adj vulgar, obscene
Example sentences :
  • His pockets are full of filthy paper on which he writes from time to time.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • By reason of filthy money no one can say to me: Do this, or do that.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • They are "safe, because they are too filthy to handle, and too noisome even to approach."
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • And it was Salvat who was there, now conquered and simply a filthy bundle.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Oh, lay me bleeding, but these are a filthy and most ungodly crew!
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • It was a filthy place and snow had drifted in through the openings in the roof and side.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • Nothing is too filthy to be used to stimulate the base sensuality of the public.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • And now in a moment she was dropped into the filthy dust of city horrors.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • Was he going to revert to the filthy cooking of imaginary figures?
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • These filthy animals got fatter and fatter, then they jumped onto the mattress and disappeared.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for filthy

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