Thesaurus:dirty
English
Verb
Sense: to make physically dirty
Synonyms
- assoil (obsolete)
- beclart (UK dialect)
- bedaub (obsolete)
- bedirty
- bedizen (UK dialect)
- befile (obsolete)
- befilth (rare)
- befoul
- begrime
- beray (archaic or obsolete)
- beshit (vulgar, figurative)
- besmear
- besmirch
- besully
- bewray (archaic or obsolete)
- blacken [⇒ thesaurus]
- blot
- blur (obsolete)
- clat
- contaminate
- darken
- defile
- dirten (Uganda)
- dirty
- elt (Northern England, Scotland)
- file (archaic)
- foil (obsolete)
- foul
- gunk
- gunk up
- inquinate
- scunge
- sling mud
- slotter
- slur
- smear
- smirch
- smudge
- smut
- smutch
- soil
- soss (UK dialect)
- sowl (obsolete)
- spot [⇒ thesaurus]
- stain
- sullow
- sully
- tarnish
- uggle (UK dialect, obsolete)
Antonyms
- clean [⇒ thesaurus]
- make clean [⇒ thesaurus]
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- bedraggle
- bespatter
- misguggle
- thumb
- —
- beblood
- begrease
- bemire
- bemoil
- bemud
- bepiss (possibly vulgar, archaic)
- beshit (possibly vulgar)
- beslime
- beslurry
- besoot
- bespew
- clart (UK dialect)
- mire
- muddy
- slop
- smutty
- —
- contaminate
- muddy
- poison
- pollute
- taint
- —
- crap oneself (vulgar, slang)
- shit oneself (vulgar, slang)
Various
See also
Further reading
- “653. uncleanness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “dirty” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.