dirty

US: /ˈdɝti/
UK: /dˈɜːti/


English Vietnamese dictionary


dirty /'də:ti/
  • tính từ
    • 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
  • ngoại động từ
    • làm bẩn, làm dơ, làm vấy bùn
    • nội động từ
      • thành dơ bẩn, thành bẩn thỉu

    Advanced English dictionary


    adjective, verb, adverb
    + adjective (dirtier, dirtiest)
    not clean
    1 not clean: dirty hands / clothes + a dirty mark + Try not to get too dirty! + I always get given the dirty jobs (= jobs that make you become dirty).
    offensive
    2 [usually before noun] connected with sex in an offensive way: a dirty joke / book + He's got a dirty mind (= he often thinks about sex).
    unpleasant / dishonest
    3 [usually before noun] unpleasant or dishonest: a dirty lie / liar + She's a dirty player. + He's a great man for doing the dirty jobs (= jobs which are unpleasant because they involve being dishonest or mean to people).
    colours
    4 [only before noun] dull: a dirty brown carpet
    drugs
    5 (AmE, slang) using illegal drugs
    Idioms: be a dirty word to be a subject or an idea that people think is bad or immoral: Profit is not a dirty word around here.
    (do sb's) dirty work (to do) the unpleasant or dishonest jobs that sb else does not want to do: Next time you can get somebody else to do your dirty work for you!
    do the dirty on sb (BrE, informal) to cheat or betray sb; to treat sb unfairly: I'd never do the dirty on my friends.
    give sb a dirty look to look at sb in a way that shows you are annoyed with them
    more at HAND n., WASH v.
    + verb (dirties, dirtying, dirtied, dirtied) [VN] to make sth dirty
    adverb
    Idioms: dirty great / big (BrE, informal) used to emphasize how large sth is: When I turned round he was pointing a dirty great gun at me.
    play dirty (informal) to behave or play a game in an unfair way
    more at TALK v.

    Thesaurus dictionary


    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, risqué, 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?

    Collocation dictionary


    VERBS

    be, feel, look | get
    Go and play football if you like, but don't get dirty!
    | get sth, make sb/sth
    The soot had made everything dirty. (figurative) He's not frightened of getting his hands dirty (= doing physical work).

    ADV.

    extremely, filthy
    (informal),
    really, very
    Everything in the room was filthy dirty.
    | a bit, rather, slightly


    Concise English dictionary


    dirtied|dirtier|dirtiest|dirties|dirtying'dɜːtɪ
    verb
    +make soiled, filthy, or dirty
    adj.
    +soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
    +(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
    +vile; despicable
    +spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
    +contaminated with infecting organisms
    +(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
    +(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
    +obtained illegally or by improper means
    +expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
    +violating accepted standards or rules
    +unethical or dishonest
    +unpleasantly stormy