filthier; filthiest
1
: covered with, containing, or characterized by filth
filthy streets
filthy dishes
1
: in a filthy manner
filthy dirty
2
: very, exceedingly
filthy rich
Synonyms
Adjective
- bawdy
- blue
- coarse
- crude
- dirty
- foul
- gross
- gutter
- impure
- indecent
- lascivious
- lewd
- locker-room
- nasty
- obscene
- pornographic
- porny
- profane
- raunchy
- ribald
- smutty
- stag
- trashy
- unprintable
- vulgar
- wanton
- X-rated
Adverb
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Examples of filthy in a Sentence
Adjective
She's in a filthy mood.
you cannot use such filthy language on the public airwaves
Adverb
the invention made him filthy rich
Recent Examples on the Web
Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
At the same time, this is a movie about a woman who begins craving raw meat, grows a few extra nipples, and wakes up every morning filthy from running around in the dirt all night.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
How the ocean gets so filthy after a major storm
Hurricanes are tropical cyclones typically categorized with a 1 to 5 rating based on wind speed.
—Julia Ries, SELF, 16 Oct. 2024
Other offerings include Jules’ filthy hot ham and roll and Marvin’s chili.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Keepin’ Tabs Hey speaking of Google, the company also announced some good news for all of us filthy browser tab hoarders.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
At the same time, this is a movie about a woman who begins craving raw meat, grows a few extra nipples, and wakes up every morning filthy from running around in the dirt all night.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
How the ocean gets so filthy after a major storm
Hurricanes are tropical cyclones typically categorized with a 1 to 5 rating based on wind speed.
—Julia Ries, SELF, 16 Oct. 2024
Other offerings include Jules’ filthy hot ham and roll and Marvin’s chili.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Filthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filthy. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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