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dirt n. 1 soil, mud, muck, mire, grime, slime, sludge, ooze, slop;
dust, soot; excrement, ordure; filth, waste, refuse, trash,
garbage, rubbish, offal, junk, dross, sweepings; leavings,
scrap, orts; Slang Brit gunge, US grunge: This vacuum cleaner
is guaranteed to pick up any kind of dirt. 2 soil, earth, loam,
ground, clay: Hydroponics is the technique of farming without
dirt, using only liquid nutrients. 3 indecency, obscenity, smut,
pornography, foulness, corruption, filth, vileness: Customs
confiscated much of the dirt before it could enter the country.
4 gossip, scandal, talk, rumour, inside information , Colloq
low-down, dope, Slang US scuttlebutt: I got the dirt from David
about what really happened at the party.
dirty adj. 1 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: If
you think his shirt was dirty, you should have seen his body! 2
smutty, indecent, obscene, ribald, off colour, prurient, risqu‚,
salacious, lewd, lascivious, salacious, pornographic, coarse,
licentious, rude, blue, scabrous: His parents were shocked to
hear him telling dirty jokes. 3 unfair, unscrupulous,
unsporting, dishonest, mean, underhand(ed), unsportsmanlike,
dishonourable, deceitful, corrupt, treacherous, perfidious,
villainous, disloyal; malicious, malevolent, rotten, filthy: It
was a dirty trick of Sue's to tell the teacher. 4 bad, foul,
nasty, stormy, rainy, windy, blowy, blowing, squally, sloppy:
We're in for some dirty weather, Mr Christian, so you'd best
reduce sail. 5 bitter, resentful, angry, furious, wrathful,
smouldering: She gave me a dirty look when I said anything
about her sister. 6 sordid, base, mean, despicable,
contemptible, ignoble, scurvy, low, low-down, ignominious, vile,
nasty, infamous: That villain has done his dirty work and now
we must all suffer. He's nothing but a dirty coward!
--v. 7 stain, sully, befoul, soil, begrime, besmirch, pollute,
muddy, smear, defile; blacken, tarnish: She refused to so much
as dirty her hands to help us. Are you afraid it will dirty your
reputation to be seen with me?
disability
n. 1 handicap, impairment, defect, infirmity, disablement: