Bẩn thỉu, dơ bẩn, dơ dáy; cáu ghét, cáu bẩn, đầy bùn bẩn

dirty hands

bàn tay dơ bẩn

a dirty war

cuộc chiến tranh bẩn thỉu

Có mưa gió sụt sùi, nhớp nháp bẩn thỉu; xấu (thời tiết)

dirty weather

trời xấu

Không sáng (màu sắc)

Tục tĩu, thô bỉ

dirty language

ngôn ngữ thô bỉ

a dirty story

câu chuyện tục tĩu

Đê tiện, hèn hạ, đáng khinh, nhơ nhốc, xấu xa

a dirty look

cái nhìn khinh miệt

Phi nghĩa

dirty money

của phi nghĩa

to do the dirty on somebody

(từ lóng) chơi đểu với ai, dở trò đê tiện với ai

dirty work

việc làm xấu xa bất chính

Công việc nặng nhọc khổ ải

to do somebody's dirty work for him

làm giúp ai một công việc nặng nhọc khổ ải

Làm bẩn, làm dơ, làm vấy bùn

Thành dơ bẩn, thành bẩn thỉu

Rất, lắm

a dirty idle school-boy

một cậu học trò rất lười biếng

dơ

nhiễm bẩn

bẩn

dơ

Foul, unclean, befouled, soiled, begrimed, sooty, grimy,filthy, mucky, besmeared, besmirched, befouled, polluted,squalid, sullied, stained, spotted, smudged, slovenly, unwashed,bedraggled, slatternly, untidy, Slang Brit gungy, US grungy: Ifyou think his shirt was dirty, you should have seen his body!

Smutty, indecent, obscene, ribald, off colour, prurient, risqu‚,salacious, lewd, lascivious, salacious, pornographic, coarse,licentious, rude, blue, scabrous: His parents were shocked tohear him telling dirty jokes.

Unfair, unscrupulous,unsporting, dishonest, mean, underhand(ed), unsportsmanlike,dishonourable, deceitful, corrupt, treacherous, perfidious,villainous, disloyal; malicious, malevolent, rotten, filthy: Itwas a dirty trick of Sue's to tell the teacher.

Bad, foul,nasty, stormy, rainy, windy, blowy, blowing, squally, sloppy:We're in for some dirty weather, Mr Christian, so you'd bestreduce sail. 5 bitter, resentful, angry, furious, wrathful,smouldering: She gave me a dirty look when I said anythingabout her sister.

Sordid, base, mean, despicable,contemptible, ignoble, scurvy, low, low-down, ignominious, vile,nasty, infamous: That villain has done his dirty work and nowwe must all suffer. He's nothing but a dirty coward!

V.

Stain, sully, befoul, soil, begrime, besmirch, pollute,muddy, smear, defile; blacken, tarnish: She refused to so muchas dirty her hands to help us. Are you afraid it will dirty yourreputation to be seen with me?

Adj. (dirtier, dirtiest) 1 soiled, unclean.2 causing one to become dirty (a dirty job).

Sordid, lewd;morally illicit or questionable (dirty joke).

Unpleasant,nasty.

Dishonest, dishonourable, unfair (dirty play).

(ofweather) rough, squally.

(of a colour) not pure or clear,dingy.

Colloq. (of a nuclear weapon) producing considerableradioactive fallout.

Adv. sl. (with adjectives expressingmagnitude) very (a dirty great diamond).

V.tr. & intr.(-ies, -ied) make or become dirty.

Dirty dog colloq. ascoundrel; a despicable person. the dirty end of the stickcolloq. the difficult or unpleasant part of an undertaking,situation, etc. dirty linen (or washing) colloq. intimatesecrets, esp. of a scandalous nature. dirty look colloq. alook of disapproval, anger, or disgust. dirty money extra moneypaid to those who handle dirty materials. dirty trick 1 adishonourable and deceitful act.

(in pl.) underhand politicalactivity, esp. to discredit an opponent. dirty weekend colloq.a weekend spent clandestinely with a lover. dirty word 1 anoffensive or indecent word.

A word for something which isdisapproved of (profit is a dirty word). dirty workdishonourable or illegal activity, esp. done clandestinely. dothe dirty on colloq. play a mean trick on.

Dirtily adv.dirtiness n.