1
: foul or putrid matter
especially
: loathsome dirt or refuse
2
a
: moral corruption or defilement
b
: something that tends to corrupt or defile
Examples of filth in a Sentence
He emerged from the cellar covered in filth.
the filth of the slaughterhouse
living in filth and squalor
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Benji Jones, Vox, 10 Mar. 2025
The water on the floor was gritty and black, and the man moved the filth around.
—Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
Looking the Part If filth means people treat you worse, then fancy clothes mean people in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 treat you better.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
In this raucous odyssey a wanton minx quests hard across a dreamy landscape of smut, filth and psychics, hustling to lift a curse that has been f*cking her sh*t up.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Filth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filth. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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filth
noun1
: disgusting dirt or waste
2
: something that tends to disgust, offend, or dirty
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