filthy
Needing a scrub
Filthy means extremely dirty—covered in grime, muck, or contamination: filthy hands, filthy streets.
The word extends to moral disgust: filthy language, filthy lies, a filthy mind.
Something filthy rich has obscene amounts of money.
Filthy can intensify as an adverb: filthy rich, filthy drunk.
The word carries more contempt than merely dirty.
Coated in stubborn dirt
- grubbySoiled and unkempt
- grungyDirty and rundown
- soiledMade unclean
- squalidExtremely dirty and neglected
mucky · muddy · dusty · greasy · caked · encrusted · smeared · stained
Impoverished urban district
- shantytownPoor area of crude shelters
- ghettoSegregated urban quarter
- decrepitWorn by age
- dilapidatedRuined through neglect
ramshackle · derelict · neglected · run-down · seedy · sordid · wretched · overcrowded
Crude or indecent
- lewdObscenely sexual
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- indecentOffensive to accepted standards
smutty · raunchy · bawdy · ribald · pornographic · X-rated · explicit · offensive
Eaten away chemically
- rustyCorroded or unpracticed
- oxidizedCombined with oxygen
- stainedMarred by discoloration
- discoloredChanged from original hue
weathered · soiled · smudged · spotted · blemished · sullied · dingy · faded
Having abundant financial resources
- moneyedHaving substantial wealth
- loadedWeighted or wealthy
- flushSame suit, five cards
- prosperousEnjoying wealth and success
millionaire · billionaire · tycoon · magnate · oligarch · plutocrat · fortune · inheritance
grimy
Coated in stubborn dirt
squalid · mucky · muddy · dusty · greasy · caked · encrusted · smeared · stained · begrimed
slum
Impoverished urban district
- shantytownPoor area of crude shelters
- ghettoSegregated urban quarter
- decrepitWorn by age
dilapidated · ramshackle · derelict · neglected · run-down · seedy · sordid · wretched · overcrowded · blighted
vulgar
Crude or indecent
indecent · smutty · raunchy · bawdy · ribald · pornographic · X-rated · explicit · offensive · foulmouthed
corroded
Eaten away chemically
discolored · weathered · soiled · smudged · spotted · blemished · sullied · dingy · faded · dull
wealthy
Having abundant financial resources
prosperous · millionaire · billionaire · tycoon · magnate · oligarch · plutocrat · fortune · inheritance · affluent
filthyclean
Free of soil
spotless · immaculate · pristine · spick-and-span · sterile
- filthy richExtremely, offensively wealthy
- filthy lucreWealth acquired dishonorably
- filthy languageObscene or vulgar speech
- filthy dirtyThoroughly unclean
- read to filth
filth, filthiness, filthier, filthiest, filthily, filthy lucre, filthy rich