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Meaning of dirty

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dirty
      adj 1: soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty
             unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty
             slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on
             the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a
             dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her
             sisters preened themselves" [syn: {dirty}, {soiled},
             {unclean}] [ant: {clean}]
      2: (of behavior or especially language) characterized by
         obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man";
         "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a
         dirty mouth" [ant: {clean}, {unobjectionable}]
      3: vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy
         traitor" [syn: {dirty}, {filthy}, {lousy}]
      4: spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive
         contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty";
         "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived
         radioactive fallout" [syn: {dirty}, {contaminating}] [ant:
         {clean}, {uncontaminating}]
      5: contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds";
         "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen [syn:
         {dirty}, {pestiferous}]
      6: (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;
         "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy)
         white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors";
         "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn: {dirty},
         {dingy}, {muddied}, {muddy}]
      7: (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty)
         copy" [syn: {dirty}, {foul}, {marked-up}]
      8: obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-
         gotten gains" [syn: {dirty}, {ill-gotten}]
      9: expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"
      10: violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter";
          "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve";
          "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [syn: {cheating(a)},
          {dirty}, {foul}, {unsporting}, {unsportsmanlike}]
      11: unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid
          political campaign" [syn: {dirty}, {sordid}]
      12: unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"
      v 1: make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes
           when you play outside!" [syn: {dirty}, {soil}, {begrime},
           {grime}, {colly}, {bemire}] [ant: {clean}, {make clean}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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