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Meanings of
dirty word
in English
Portuguese
ato obsceno
Catalan
vulgarisme
Spanish
vulgaridad
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An offensive or indecent word or phrase.
filth
obscenity
smut
vulgarism
Portuguese
ato obsceno
Synonyms
Examples for "
filth
"
filth
obscenity
smut
vulgarism
Examples for "
filth
"
1
It shows the
filth
of the regime of corruption, Lopez Obrador said.
2
The invaders left it in an indescribable state of disorder and
filth
.
3
It felt good to see Renée laughing over a little innocent
filth
.
4
The houses are rather larger, and they surpass the others in
filth
.
5
Baptism is not the putting away of the
filth
of the flesh.
1
Adult
obscenity
cases have been exceedingly rare over the past 20 years.
2
The law frames pornography as an issue of
obscenity
,
decency and morality.
3
Few of us want our political debate to slip into rampant
obscenity
.
4
There were several invalid protest ballots including one that carried an
obscenity
.
5
They put an obstacle on all types of
obscenity
and protect society.'
1
They are worse than the fly in hops, or
smut
in barley.
2
No wonder
smut
is the worst trouble for wheat-raisers in the Northwest.
3
We had a remarkable instance of
smut
in our corn last summer.
4
Try this and estimate the per cent of
smut
at next harvest-time.
5
Sorghum is affected by a
smut
similar to that of other grains.
1
There are gradations in awkwardness and
vulgarism
,
as there are in everything else.
2
Why,' said the prof, 'to employ a
vulgarism
,
perspicuity is my penultimate appellative.'
3
You are not-ifI may be permitted an expressive
vulgarism
-
in
the
same street with them.
4
Punning is a
vulgarism
that should be scrupulously avoided.
5
No, in good truth: who can like such
vulgarism
!
Usage of
dirty word
in English
1
The clerk looked at me as if I'd shouted a
dirty
word
.
2
Speaking in London, John Sawers said secrecy was not a
dirty
word
.
3
Despite material success Irish people still see consumerism as a
dirty
word
.
4
Faux-natural is a problem if it turns natural into a
dirty
word
.
5
Imagine a time when software was considered a
dirty
word
by investors.
6
Caution is now a
dirty
word
and bears have gone into hibernation.
7
Ambition is almost a
dirty
word
sometimes, especially when applied to women.
8
Digital is a bit of a
dirty
word
in the fine-art world.
9
Everyone else remained silent-almostas if Omad had uttered a
dirty
word
.
10
Diesel is now a
dirty
word
in the corridors of power.
11
There has to be an understanding that profit is not a
dirty
word
.
12
The chemo. She said it like a
dirty
word
as Liz watched her.
13
Sex is a
dirty
word
,
we don't talk about sex here.
14
Anyone who still thinks failure is a
dirty
word
should have been there.
15
He made it sound like a
dirty
word
about somebody's mother.
16
I want Americans to think of the 'War on Drugs' as a
dirty
word
.
Other examples for "dirty word"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
dirty
word
dirty
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
dirty word
Portuguese
ato obsceno
Catalan
vulgarisme
vulgaritat
obscenitat
Spanish
vulgaridad
Dirty word
through the time
Dirty word
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare