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Smutty

Soiled with smut; smutted.

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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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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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Dirtiness 74% connected

The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dirtiness 74% connected

The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.

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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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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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Black 92% connected

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characte…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Filthy 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Foul 92% connected

A bird.

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Nasty 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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