Synonyms and antonyms of Dirty in British Thesaurus

dirty (adjective)

not clean

filthy (adjective)

very dirty

messy (adjective)

very untidy 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

insanitary (adjective)

insanitary conditions are dirty and dangerous to your health, usually because there is a lack of water pipes, toilets, drains etc, so that it is difficult to keep things clean

bedraggled (adjective)

wet, dirty, and untidy

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 untidy 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

manky (adjective)

Britishinformal dirty and unpleasant to look at

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 untidy

scuzzy (adjective)

informal extremely unpleasant and dirty

shop-soiled (adjective)

British shop-soiled goods are cheaper than normal because they are slightly damaged or dirty

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

squalid (adjective)

a place that is squalid is dirty and unpleasant

turbid (adjective)

formal turbid liquid is dirty and not clear

unkempt (adjective)

dirty and untidy

unwashed (adjective)

not washed or clean

used (adjective)

no longer completely clean because of having been used

yucky (adjective)

informal dirty, ugly, or unpleasant