FILTHY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FILTHY?

Need another word that means the same as “filthy”? Find 79 synonyms and 30 related words for “filthy” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Filthy” are: dirty, lousy, foul, nasty, cruddy, smutty, mucky, grimy, muddy, murky, slimy, unclean, unwashed, grubby, black, blackened, begrimed, stained, unkempt, obscene, indecent, rude, improper, corrupt, coarse, bawdy, unrefined, indelicate, vulgar, lewd, racy, raw, off colour, earthy, ribald, risqué, licentious, cold, chilly, bitter, bleak, wintry, freezing, snowy, icy, bad, unpleasant, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, irritable, grumpy, grouchy, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, aggressive, cross, fractious, peevish, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, despicable, contemptible, low, base, mean, vile, disgusting, obnoxious, wretched, shabby, sordid, very, extremely, tremendously, immensely, vastly, hugely, remarkably

Filthy as an Adjective

Definitions of "Filthy" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “filthy” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Obscene and offensive.
• Contemptible (used for emphasis.
• (of weather) very unpleasant.
• Angry and bad-tempered.
• Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter.
• Vile; despicable.
• Disgustingly dirty.
• Characterized by obscenity.

Synonyms of "Filthy" as an adjective (72 Words)

aggressive	Tending to spread quickly. An aggressive tumor.
bad	Feeling physical discomfort or pain tough is occasionally used colloquially for bad. Bad reviews.
bad-tempered	Annoyed and irritable.
base	Serving as or forming a base. That liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble.
begrimed	Blackened with ingrained dirt. They stand in front of begrimed windows.
bitter	Painful or unpleasant to accept or contemplate. Bitter enemies.
black	Of a ski run of the highest level of difficulty as indicated by black markers positioned along it. Black humor.
blackened	(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood. Blackened rafters.
bleak	(of a situation) not hopeful or encouraging; unlikely to have a favourable outcome. He looked round the bleak little room in despair.
cantankerous	Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate- Spectator. He can be a cantankerous old fossil at times.
chilly	Uncomfortably or unpleasantly cold. A chilly February evening.
coarse	Relating to the sport of angling for coarse fish. Of what coarse metal ye are molded.
cold	Having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e g ice or refrigeration. Cold blooded killing.
contemptible	Deserving of contempt or scorn. A display of contemptible cowardice.
corrupt	Lacking in integrity. Humanity they knew to be corrupt from the day of Adam s creation.
cross	Extending or lying across in a crosswise direction at right angles to the long axis. He seemed to be very cross about something.
cruddy	Characterized by obscenity.
curmudgeonly	(especially of an old person) bad-tempered and negative. His curmudgeonly temper.
despicable	Morally reprehensible. Would do something as despicable as murder.
disgusting	Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. A disgusting smell.
earthy	Sensible and practical. Her earthy common sense.
foul	Of a baseball not hit between the foul lines. The land was foul with weeds.
fractious	Stubbornly resistant to authority or control. Rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas.
freezing	(used hyperbolically) very cold. It was freezing cold outside.
grimy	Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot. Grimy hands.
grouchy	Irritable and bad-tempered; grumpy; complaining. The old man grew sulky and grouchy.
grubby	Involving dishonest or disreputable activity; sordid. Grubby little fingers.
grumpy	Annoyed and irritable. He s grumpy because he hasn t heard from you.
hot-tempered	Quickly aroused to anger.
icy	Covered with or containing or consisting of ice. Icy northern waters.
ill-tempered	Annoyed and irritable.
improper	Lacking in modesty or decency. Slightly improper to dine alone with a married man.
indecent	Not appropriate or fitting. A bathing suit considered indecent by local standards.
indelicate	Having or showing a lack of sensitive understanding or tact. Forgive me asking an indelicate question but how are you off for money.
irritable	Capable of responding to stimuli. She was tired and irritable.
lewd	Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires. Lewd pictures.
licentious	Disregarding accepted conventions, especially in grammar or literary style. Unlike many of the artists who frequented the Soho scene of the 1960s he did not lead a licentious life.
lousy	Very poor or bad. The town is lousy with tourists.
low	Of a river or lake below the usual water level. Borrowing fell to a low level.
mean	Characterized by malice. The mean annual rainfall.
mucky	(of soil) soft and watery. Wet mucky lowland.
muddy	Not bright or clear; dirty-looking. They changed their muddy boots.
murky	Dark or gloomy. The sky was murky and a thin drizzle was falling.
nasty	Offensive or even (of persons) malicious. Will he say nasty things at my funeral.
obnoxious	Causing disapproval or protest. He found her son somewhat obnoxious.
obscene	Designed to incite to indecency or lust-Margaret Mead. Obscene telephone calls.
off colour	Below a satisfactory level.
peevish	Easily irritated or annoyed. A thin peevish voice.
quick-tempered	Quickly aroused to anger.
raw	Devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure. Raw silk.
ribald	Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way. Ribald language.
risqué	Suggestive of sexual impropriety.
rude	Belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and often crudeness. A rude coffin.
shabby	In poor condition through long use or lack of care. A conscript in a shabby uniform saluted the car.
short-tempered	Quickly aroused to anger.
slimy	Covered by or resembling slime. A slimy little liar.
snowy	Of the white color of snow. Snowy mountains.
sordid	Unethical or dishonest. The overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading.
stained	Marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter. A stained beer mat.
unclean	Dirty. Unclean meat.
unkempt	Not neatly combed. Wild unkempt hair.
unpleasant	Causing discomfort, unhappiness, or revulsion; disagreeable. Unpleasant odors.
unrefined	Not refined; uncouth. How can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man.
unwashed	Not cleaned with or as if with soap and water. The unwashed masses.
vile	Causing or able to cause nausea. As vile a rogue as ever lived.
wintry	Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. A wintry landscape.
wretched	Deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy. She disliked the wretched man intensely.

Usage Examples of "Filthy" as an adjective

• As filthy as a pigsty.
• Had a filthy mouth.
• A filthy traitor.
• A filthy hospital with no sanitation.
• Filthy language.
• It looked like being a filthy night.
• You filthy liar.
• He arrived at the meeting half an hour late and in a filthy temper.

Filthy as an Adverb

Definitions of "Filthy" as an adverb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “filthy” as an adverb can have the following definitions:

• To an extreme extent.

Synonyms of "Filthy" as an adverb (7 Words)

extremely	To a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect. Extremely unpleasant.
hugely	Very much; to a very great extent. A hugely expensive house.
immensely	To a great extent; extremely. The president was immensely popular.
remarkably	In a way that is worthy of attention. You have performed remarkably.
tremendously	To a very great extent. A tremendously exciting opportunity.
vastly	To an exceedingly great extent or degree. Business practices differ vastly from country to country.
very	Used as intensifiers; `real’ is sometimes used informally for `really’; `rattling’ is informal. The very first time.

Usage Examples of "Filthy" as an adverb

• He has become filthy rich.

Associations of "Filthy" (30 Words)

awful	Awfully very. The place smelled awful.
defiled	Morally blemished; stained or impure.
dingy	Gloomy and drab. A dirty or dingy white.
fetid	Smelling extremely unpleasant. The fetid water of the marsh.
foul	Commit a foul break the rules. The news had put Michelle in a foul mood.
grimy	Covered with or characterized by grime. The grimy industrial city.
horrible	Causing or likely to cause horror; shocking. A horrible massacre.
inedible	Not suitable for food. An inedible variety of mushroom.
lousy	Vile; despicable. She felt lousy.
maculate	Mark with a spot or spots; stain. A dirty white T shirt maculated with barbecue sauce.
malodorous	Smelling very unpleasant. Leaking taps and malodorous drains.
messy	Dirty and disorderly. A messy divorce.
muddy	Cause to become muddy. They changed their muddy boots.
nasty	Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter. A nasty shock.
ragamuffin	A person, typically a child, in ragged, dirty clothes. Ragamuffin style.
ragged	(of an animal) having a rough, shaggy coat. A ragged tramp.
scabrous	Dealing with salacious or indecent material. Scabrous details included being regularly seen with a mistress.
seamy	Morally degraded- Seattle Weekly. The seamy side of life.
seedy	Shabby and untidy- Mark Twain. A seedy district.
slovenly	(especially of a person or their appearance) untidy and dirty. Slovenly appearance.
sordid	Foul and run-down and repulsive. A sordid political campaign.
squalid	Showing or involving a contemptible lack of moral standards. A squalid attempt to save themselves from electoral embarrassment.
stinking	Foul-smelling. It s a stinking world.
unclean	Dirty. Wore an unclean shirt.
unkempt	Not neatly combed. Wild unkempt hair.
unsanitary	Not sanitary or healthful. Grim and unsanitary conditions.
untidy	Not arranged neatly and in order. She was chronically untidy and her clothes lay where she had dropped them.