1
as in dirt
foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something
the filth in the restaurant's kitchen was unbelievable
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2
as in grossness
the quality or state of being obscene
films full of filth and violence
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Recent Examples of filth
Critters like mice, squirrels, birds and ants are keen on entering the shelters while humans wait on the sidewalk to avoid getting filth on the bottoms of their shoes.
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Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2026
Changing the name of a North Miami Beach restaurant didn’t change anything about its state inspection, including the rodents and filth.
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David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2026
Our streets in California are overrun with filth, drug addiction, and mental health crises.
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Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
5 May 2026
To ensure this filth doesn't reach the engine's internals, an air filter is installed after the air intake.
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Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 May 2026
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Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2026
Changing the name of a North Miami Beach restaurant didn’t change anything about its state inspection, including the rodents and filth.
—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2026
Our streets in California are overrun with filth, drug addiction, and mental health crises.
—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
5 May 2026
To ensure this filth doesn't reach the engine's internals, an air filter is installed after the air intake.
—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filth
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Driving into the estate down a dirt track, you’re met with concrete walls that frame the space with gallery-like precision, directing your eyes toward geological features rather than distracting from them.
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Washing blueberries removes dirt and toxins that may cling to the fruit during handling and transporting from farm to store.
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All your Dad has to do is fill it and drink—the microfilter membrane will do the rest by removing chlorine odors, dirt, bacteria, and any other grossness floating around in there.
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There are no great surprises from here on out, though the sheer, lusty grossness of the fallout is occasionally startling.
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No wonder Yard Act realized music is the lifeline that just might pull us back out of the muck.
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France played through the rain and muck to beat Iraq 3-0 behind two goals from Kylian Mbappé.
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The once-vaunted values of public life are now reduced to the lower standards of private life—venality, vulgarity, rudeness, incontinence, and ignorance.
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Benoit delights in language as much as her heroine, weaving Regency-era slang throughout and appending a chapter-by-chapter glossary of vulgarities.
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Aim to give cucumber plants an inch of water each week from irrigation or rainfall, and water when the top few inches of soil feel dry.
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Water deeply in the morning, check soil moisture regularly, and move plants to shade during heat waves.
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Right next to her crowd of women's sports advocates was a mosh of pro-transgender activists wearing costumes and shouting obscenities.
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An original call for service indicated that suspects pulled up to a CBS media vehicle and began shouting racial obscenities at a CBS cameraman who is Black, a law enforcement source said.
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This brings us to the point that while the project focused on coffee grounds, the technology can be applied to a wide range of high-moisture organic waste, including food waste, agricultural residues, and even sewage sludge.
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For parts of the Massachusetts North Shore, the fate of 4th of July swimming for beachgoers rests on the timeline of temporary pipes being installed to stop a wastewater sewage leak.
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That’s the dirtiness of rugs and pulling.
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For a young team learning to stick up for each other, Mangiapane brings a needed dirtiness to the Hawks.
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“Filth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filth. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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