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comparative filthier, superlative filthiest
Covered with filth; very dirty. examples
Obscene or offensive. quotations examples
Filthy smirking Pat Robertson has come in second in the Iowa Republican caucuses.
1987, Michael Grumley, Final Diary
Very unpleasant or disagreeable. examples
third-person singular simple present filthies, present participle filthying, simple past and past participle filthied
(transitive) To make very dirty; to saturate something with dirt. quotations examples
In the years following World War Two, Americans cut down vast forests, built thousands of factories, assembled millions of atmospherically toxic automobiles, and filthied the water throughout North America.
2007, Tom Bissell, Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
(transitive) To cover in filth. quotations examples
He shouldered his way inside, filthying his T-shirt on the charred wood.
2009, Jeffery Deaver, Hell's Kitchen