| verb | make soiled, filthy, or dirty “don't soil your clothes when you play outside!” |
| adjective | soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime “dirty unswept sidewalks” |
| adjective | (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency “dirty words” |
| adjective | vile; despicable “a dirty (or lousy) trick” |
| adjective | spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination “the air near the foundry was always dirty” |
| adjective | contaminated with infecting organisms; ; - Jane Austen “dirty wounds” |
| adjective | (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; is often used in combination “dirty” |
| adjective | (of a manuscript) defaced with changes “foul (or dirty) copy” |
| adjective | obtained illegally or by improper means “dirty money” |
| adjective | expressing or revealing hostility or dislike “dirty looks” |
| adjective | violating accepted standards or rules “a dirty fighter” |
| adjective | unethical or dishonest “dirty police officers” |
| adjective | unpleasantly stormy “there's dirty weather in the offing” |
| dirtying | noun | the act of soiling something |
| soil | noun | the state of being covered with unclean things |
| soilure | noun | the act of soiling something |
| soiling | noun | the act of soiling something |
| grime | noun | the state of being covered with unclean things |
| dirt | noun | the state of being covered with unclean things |
| dirtiness | noun | the state of being unsanitary |
| uncleanness | noun | the state of being unsanitary |
| filthiness | noun | moral corruption or pollution |
| lousiness | noun | the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions |
| dinge | noun | discoloration due to dirtiness |
| dinginess | noun | discoloration due to dirtiness |
| muddiness | noun | the quality of being cloudy |
| foulness | noun | disgusting wickedness and immorality |
| sordidness | noun | unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values |