dirtiness

«dirtiness» in Mova's school dictionary: The state of being dirty: covered in mud, dust or germs — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (dirtiness, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) The state of being dirty: covered in mud, dust or germs. tree →

2) Being unfair or dishonest, as in a dirty trick (less common). tree →

sense in the lessons

In health and hygiene lessons dirtiness of hands or kitchens spreads germs; in stories it shows a messy or poor place; phrases: «the dirtiness of the water», «because of its dirtiness».

examples

• The dirtiness of the river worried the scientists. tree →
• We were shocked by the dirtiness of the old shed. tree →
• Dirtiness in a kitchen can make people ill. tree →
• The dirtiness of my football kit made Mum groan. tree →
• The inspector wrote about the dirtiness of the toilets. tree →
• Washing your hands removes dirtiness you cannot even see. tree →
• Some people did not like the dirtiness of the game. tree →

note

Uncountable: no plural. Built from dirty + ness (y changes to i). More common words: dirt, filth, mess. Opposite: cleanliness or cleanness.

In the corpora

• Eczema often runs in families together with asthma and hay fever, and it is not catching or caused by dirtiness.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dirtiness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.