dirty

dirt•y

[[t]ˈdɜr ti[/t]] adj. dirt•i•er, dirt•i•est,

1) soiled with dirt; foul; unclean

2) spreading or imparting dirt; soiling:

dirty smoke[/ex]

3) vile; mean; sordid; contemptible:

a dirty scoundrel[/ex]

4) obscene; pornographic; lewd

5) undesirable or unpleasant; thankless:

You left the dirty work for me[/ex]

6) very unfortunate or regrettable:

That's a dirty shame![/ex]

7) not fair or sportsmanlike; unscrupulous:

a dirty fighter[/ex]

8) hostile or resentful:

to give someone a dirty look[/ex]

9) mil (of a nuclear weapon) producing a relatively large amount of radioactive fallout

10) (of the weather) stormy; squally

11) cvb inf obtained through illegal or disreputable means:

dirty money[/ex]

12) appearing as if soiled; dingy; murky

13) to make or become dirty

14) cvb inf Informal. in a mean, unscrupulous, or underhand way

15) cvb Informal. in a lewd manner:

to talk dirty[/ex]

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Etymology: 1520–30 dirt′i•ly, adv. dirt′i•ness, n.