| 单词 | filthy |
| 释义 | filthy (once / 891 pages) 1adj 2adj 3adj Filthy is a dirty word. Sure, you can say it aloud in public, but it means "dirty" — like your dirty laundry pile by the end of the week. The joy of filthy really lies in the limitless range of its usage. Just about anything can be filthy, not just your dirty socks. You can have filthy living conditions, or wear filthy clothes, but it's also used to refer to something morally or ethically odious, too: "filthy liar," "filthy language," and so on. It can also indicate envy or outrage on the part of the user, as in our favorite use of the word, "filthy rich." Now that's a use of filthy we'd be happy to put up with. WORD FAMILYfilthy: filthier, filthiest, filthily, filthiness, filthyly+/filth: filths, filthy/filthiness: filthinesses USAGE EXAMPLES“So let’s prepare a gift for the filthy pigs/apes.” Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) The jihadists locked her up in a filthy room with rats and bugs. Reuters(Dec 21, 2016) Former inmate Prince - not his real name - described 1735 as "filthy". BBC(Dec 17, 2016) 1 adj disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter 2as filthy as a pigsty Syn foul, nasty dirty, soiled, unclean soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime adj characterized by obscenity 3had a filthy mouth Syn cruddy, foul, nasty, smutty dirty (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency adj vile; despicable a filthy traitor Syn dirty, lousy awful, nasty offensive or even (of persons) malicious |
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