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filth
(fĭlth)n.
1.
a. Foul or dirty matter.
b. Disgusting garbage or refuse.
2. A dirty or corrupt condition; foulness.
3. Something, such as language or printed matter, considered obscene, prurient, or immoral.
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filth
(fɪlθ)n
1. foul or disgusting dirt; refuse
2. extreme physical or moral uncleanliness; pollution
3. vulgarity or obscenity, as in language
4. the filth derogatory slang the police
[Old English fӯlth; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fūlitha; see foul, defile]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
filth
(fɪlθ)n.
1. offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse.
2. foul condition.
3. moral impurity, corruption, or obscenity.
4. vulgar or obscene language or thought.
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Noun | 1. | filth - any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" |
2. | filth - the state of being covered with unclean things dirtiness, uncleanness - the state of being unsanitary | |
3. | filth - a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse unsanitariness - a state that is not conducive to health | |
4. | filth - an offensive or indecent word or phrase Irish bull, crap, bull - obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" bawdry, bawdy - lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy" scatology - a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions) profanity - vulgar or irreverent speech or action Fanny Adams, sweet Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery" |
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filth
noun
1. dirt, refuse, pollution, muck, shit (taboo slang), crap (taboo slang), garbage, sewage, contamination, dung, sludge, squalor, grime, faeces, slime, excrement, nastiness, carrion, excreta, crud (slang), foulness, putrefaction, ordure, defilement, kak (S. African taboo slang), grot (slang), filthiness, uncleanness, putrescence, foul matter tons of filth and sewage
2. obscenity, corruption, pornography, indecency, impurity, vulgarity, smut, vileness, dirty-mindedness The dialogue was all filth and innuendo.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
filth
noun2. The condition or state of being dirty:
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Translations
قَذارَه
špína
møgsnavs
óhreinindi; óòverri
purvinas
mēslinetīrumi
umazanija
filth
[fɪlθ] N2. (fig)
2.2. (= bad language) → groserías fpl, obscenidades fpl
I've never read such filth → jamás he leído groserías or obscenidades semejantes
I've never read such filth → jamás he leído groserías or obscenidades semejantes
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
filth
n (lit) → Schmutz m, → Dreck m; (fig) → Schweinerei f (inf), → Sauerei f (inf); (= people) → Dreckspack nt (inf), → (Lumpen)gesindel nt; the filth (pej sl: = police) → die Bullen pl (sl); all the filth they wrote about him in the papers → all der Unflat, der über ihn in der Zeitung geschrieben wurde; less of your filth! → nicht so viele Schweinereien, bitte!; she screamed filth down the phone → sie rief Schweinereien ins Telefon (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
filth
[fɪlθ] n → sudiciume m, sporcizia (fig) → oscenitàit's just sheer filth → non è altro che una porcheria
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
filth
(filθ) noun anything very dirty or foul. Look at that filth on your boots!
ˈfilthy adjective1. very dirty. The whole house is absolutely filthy.
2. obscene. a filthy story.
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