filthy

«filthy» in Mova's school dictionary: Very dirty: filthy boots — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (filthy, filthier, filthiest); adverb (filthy rich — informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) Very dirty: filthy boots. tree →

2) (informal) Rude, nasty or about rude things: a filthy joke; a filthy mood. tree →

3) (informal) Very unpleasant: filthy weather. tree →

4) «filthy rich» (informal) = extremely rich. tree →

5) (slang) «a filthy look» = an angry look. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life children come home filthy after playing in mud; in stories «a filthy temper» or «filthy weather» paints a bad mood or storm. Phrases: «filthy dirty», «filthy rich», «a filthy look», «filthy weather».

examples

• Take off those filthy shoes before you come in! tree →
• The dog was filthy after rolling in mud. tree →
• It's filthy weather out there — rain and wind. tree →
• He gave me a filthy look when I laughed. tree →
• They are filthy rich and have three houses. tree →
• Don't tell filthy jokes at school. tree →

note

Comparative: filthier, filthiest (y → i). Stronger than «dirty». Noun: filth. Meaning 2 is rude talk — avoid in polite company.

In the corpora

• For all tables are full of filthy vomit, and no place is clean.
• Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
• Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

Trees and pragmatics

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