filth
Caked offensive matter
Filth is extreme dirtiness—accumulated grime, refuse, or excrement.
The word implies not just uncleanliness but disgust: The apartment was covered in filth.
Figuratively, filth refers to morally offensive material, especially obscene or pornographic content: They called it filth and demanded it be banned.
The filth is British slang for police.
Ingrained surface dirt
Lewd content or soot
- pornographySexually explicit arousing material
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- indecencyOffensive or vulgar behavior
- vulgarityOffensive coarseness in manner
profanity · raunchiness · crudity · bawdiness · coarseness · salacity · prurience · erotica
Discarded worthless material
- garbageDiscarded waste material
- refuseReject or garbage
- rubbishWaste or nonsense
- litterScattered waste or debris
debris · waste · dump · junk · rubble · squalidness · hovel · slum
Organic breakdown process
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- putrefactionBacterial breakdown of tissue
- spoilageFood degradation process
- moldForm-giving container
putrid · rancid · festering · carrion · putrescence · slime · stench · maggots
Environmental harm from waste
- pollutantEnvironment-harming agent
- sewageLiquid refuse in drains
- effluentDischarged liquid waste
- toxinBiological-origin harm agent
contaminant · taint · impurity · foulness · poisoning · hazardous waste · biohazard · infected
Profound moral corruption
- degeneracyMoral or physical decline
- viceBad habit or deputy
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
sinfulness · iniquity · debauchery · decadence · turpitude · baseness · vileness · sordidness
grime
Ingrained surface dirt
gunk · soot · mud · dust · soil · smudge · grease · scum · residue · dregs
smut
Lewd content or soot
- pornographySexually explicit arousing material
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- indecencyOffensive or vulgar behavior
vulgarity · profanity · raunchiness · crudity · bawdiness · coarseness · salacity · prurience · erotica · sleaze
trash
Discarded worthless material
litter · debris · waste · dump · junk · rubble · squalidness · hovel · slum · pigsty
rot
Organic breakdown process
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- putrefactionBacterial breakdown of tissue
- spoilageFood degradation process
mold · putrid · rancid · festering · carrion · putrescence · slime · stench · maggots · vermin
pollution
Environmental harm from waste
toxin · contaminant · taint · impurity · foulness · poisoning · hazardous waste · biohazard · infected · unsanitary
depravity
Profound moral corruption
- degeneracyMoral or physical decline
- viceBad habit or deputy
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
wickedness · sinfulness · iniquity · debauchery · decadence · turpitude · baseness · vileness · sordidness · moral decay
filthcleanliness
Absence of dirt
purity · spotlessness · sterility · cleanness · immaculateness
filthdecency
Moral appropriateness in behavior
purity · wholesomeness · propriety · decorum · seemliness
filthpurity
Uncontaminated quality
virtue · righteousness · integrity · uprightness · nobility
- filthy richExtremely, offensively wealthy
- filthy lucreWealth acquired dishonorably
- filthy languageObscene or vulgar speech
- filthy dirtyThoroughly unclean
- read to filth