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filth

[ filth ]

noun

  1. offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter:

    the filth dumped into our rivers.

  2. foul condition:

    to live in filth.

  3. moral impurity, corruption, or obscenity.
  4. vulgar or obscene language or thought.


filth

/ fɪlθ /

noun

  1. foul or disgusting dirt; refuse
  2. extreme physical or moral uncleanliness; pollution
  3. vulgarity or obscenity, as in language
  4. the filth derogatory.
    the police
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of filth1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English fȳlth. See foul, -th 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of filth1

Old English fӯlth ; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fūlitha ; see foul , defile
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Example Sentences

With the money came the filth, and the contemptuous lewdness you see in the film are based on actual claims in the book.

That night, I dreamed of a square, three-story, concrete building that was dark and dingy with filth, dust, and cobwebs.

Adapted from a book by the same author, Filth has arrived with an identical swagger.

He tried to peddle this filth all over Washington, but not one member of Congress or one member of the press corps would touch it.

The head of the BBC Trust, the former governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, described the allegations as a “tsunami of filth.”

Amid the hush that followed, the stranger picked himself slowly up, and sought to wipe the filth from his face and garments.

There are poets and writers who see naught in war but carrion, filth, savagery and horror.

A crust of bread and clear air are far preferable to luxuries enveloped in clouds of smoke and heaps of filth.

But then who is there that can bear so total a disguise as filth and untidiness spread over a woman?

The tin glides over the greasy surface, noiselessly, smoothly, till the thick layer of filth is worn off.

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