Synonyms and antonyms of Dirty in American Thesaurus

dirty (adjective)

not clean

filthy (adjective)

very dirty

messy (adjective)

not neat or dirty

grubby (adjective)

dirty and needing to be washed

grimy (adjective)

very dirty

contaminated (adjective)

made dirty, polluted, or poisonous by the addition of a chemical, waste, or infection

unsanitary (adjective)

an unsanitary place is so dirty that you might catch diseases by going there

unclean (adjective)

formal dirty, or not pure

unhygienic (adjective)

not clean, and likely to cause disease

squalid (adjective)

a place that is squalid is dirty and unpleasant

bedraggled (adjective)

wet, dirty, and messy

be gunked up (with something) (American)

Americaninformal to be blocked or covered with a dirty sticky substance

bloodstained (adjective)

marked with blood

bloody (adjective)

covered in blood

dingy (adjective)

a dingy place or object is rather dark in an unpleasant way and often looks dirty

dusty (adjective)

covered with dust

filthy dirty (informal)

informal extremely dirty

fleabitten (adjective)

old, dirty, and unpleasant

flyblown (adjective)

dirty and in bad condition

gory (adjective)

covered with a lot of blood

grotty (adjective)

Britishmainly spoken dirty or unpleasant

grungy (adjective)

informal dirty and sometimes messy or smelling bad

impurity (noun)

the quality of not being pure

insalubrious (adjective)

formal dirty, unpleasant, and possibly dangerous to your health

mangy (adjective)

informal old and dirty

mucky (adjective)

informal covered with dirt or an unpleasant substance

noisome (adjective)

literary extremely unpleasant, especially because of being very dirty or having a bad smell

ragged (adjective)

mainly literary torn and dirty

scrubby (adjective)

informal looking dirty and messy

scuzzy (adjective)

informal extremely unpleasant and dirty

shop-soiled (adjective)

British shopworn

shopworn (adjective)

American if clothes or other goods in a store are shopworn, they look slightly damaged or dirty, especially because they have been used in a display

sleazy (adjective)

a sleazy place is dirty and unpleasant, and dishonest people usually live or work there

sordid (adjective)

dirty and ugly

-spattered (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing something that has been covered with small drops of a liquid

spotted (adjective)

covered with dirty marks

turbid (adjective)

formal turbid liquid is dirty and not clear

unkempt (adjective)

dirty and messy

unwashed (adjective)

not washed or clean

used (adjective)

no longer completely clean because of having been used

yucky (adjective)

informal dirty, ugly, or unpleasant