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[ filth ] / fɪlθ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR filth ON THESAURUS.COM
nounoffensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter: the filth dumped into our rivers. foul condition: to live in filth. moral impurity, corruption, or obscenity. vulgar or obscene language or thought. Origin of filthbefore 1000; Middle English; Old English fȳlth.See foul, -th1 Words nearby filthfilter out, filter paper, filter press, filter pump, filter tip, filth, filthy, filthy lucre, filtrable, filtrate, filtration Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for filthTherefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. Evangelicals are looking for answers online. They’re finding QAnon instead.|Abby Ohlheiser|August 26, 2020|MIT Technology Review With the money came the filth, and the contemptuous lewdness you see in the film are based on actual claims in the book. The Real Wolf of Wall Street: Jordan Belfort’s Vulgar Memoirs|Jimmy So|December 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST That night, I dreamed of a square, three-story, concrete building that was dark and dingy with filth, dust, and cobwebs. A Brigham Young University Professor’s Escape from Mormonism|Lynn K. Wilder|October 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST Adapted from a book by the same author, Filth has arrived with an identical swagger. The Movie ‘Filth’ Is Fun!|Nico Hines|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He tried to peddle this filth all over Washington, but not one member of Congress or one member of the press corps would touch it. Tim Weiner: Shadows of J. Edgar Hoover in the Petraeus Affair|Tim Weiner|November 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST The head of the BBC Trust, the former governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, described the allegations as a “tsunami of filth.” BBC Scandal Blows Up as Director George Entwistle Resigns|Peter Jukes|November 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST This is the filth the German paper was not ashamed to print. Georges Guynemer|Henry Bordeaux And there ought to be plenty in the house—but there's poverty and filth in every corner. Pelle the Conqueror, Complete|Martin Anderson Nexo These children then filled the ears of their comrades with filth. Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth|George Brandes I hardly recognized him, he was so frightfully covered with filth and dirt and creeping things. When Knighthood Was in Flower|Charles Major Their wells polluted with garbage and filth; in some cases deliberately poisoned, in others totally destroyed by dynamite. How I Filmed the War|Lieut. Geoffrey H. Malins
British Dictionary definitions for filth
nounfoul or disgusting dirt; refuse extreme physical or moral uncleanliness; pollution vulgarity or obscenity, as in language the filth derogatory, slang the police Word Origin for filthOld English fӯlth; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fūlitha; see foul, defile Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to filthsmut, grime, slime, garbage, putrefaction, manure, sludge, uncleanness, nastiness, slop, impurity, mud, muck, putrescence, mire, trash, corruption, silt, crud, slush |