Meaning & use
filthy
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Extremely dirty, or morally offensive or obscene.
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The kids came home filthy after playing in the mud all afternoon.
He was fined for using filthy language in front of customers.
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Can describe literal dirtiness or, informally, something morally objectionable, indecent, or (in British slang) impressively large, as in 'filthy rich.'
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