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# filthy

«filthy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very dirty: filthy boots** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (filthy, filthier, filthiest); adverb (filthy rich — informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very dirty: filthy boots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filthy/#m1)

2) (informal) Rude, nasty or about rude things: a filthy joke; a filthy mood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filthy/#m2)

3) (informal) Very unpleasant: filthy weather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filthy/#m3)

4) «filthy rich» (informal) = extremely rich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filthy/#m4)

5) (slang) «a filthy look» = an angry look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filthy/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life children come home filthy after playing in mud; in stories «a filthy temper» or «filthy weather» paints a bad mood or storm. Phrases: «filthy dirty», «filthy rich», «a filthy look», «filthy weather».

### examples

- Take off those filthy shoes before you come in! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filthy/#x1)
- The dog was filthy after rolling in mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filthy/#x2)
- It's filthy weather out there — rain and wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filthy/#x3)
- He gave me a filthy look when I laughed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filthy/#x4)
- They are filthy rich and have three houses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filthy/#x5)
- Don't tell filthy jokes at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filthy/#x6)

### note

Comparative: filthier, filthiest (y → i). Stronger than «dirty». Noun: filth. Meaning 2 is rude talk — avoid in polite company.

### In the corpora

- [For all tables are full of filthy vomit, and no place is clean.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.566/)
- [Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.35/)
- [Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.36/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «filthy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filthy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.