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Filthy

Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene.

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Awful 84% connected

Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.

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Awful 84% connected

Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.

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Dirty 84% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Dirty 84% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Nasty 84% connected

Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous.

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Nasty 84% connected

Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous.

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Soiled 84% connected

of Soil

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Soiled 84% connected

of Soil

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Unclean 84% connected

Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

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Unclean 84% connected

Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

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Derivationally related 6

Filth 74% connected

Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.

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Filth 74% connected

Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.

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Filthiness 74% connected

The state of being filthy.

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Filthiness 74% connected

The state of being filthy.

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Smut 74% connected

Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.

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Smut 74% connected

Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.

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Dirty 92% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Foul 92% connected

A bird.

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Lousy 92% connected

Infested with lice.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nasty 92% connected

Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Smutty 92% connected

Soiled with smut; smutted.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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