Thesaurus results for STY

sty

noun

ˈstī

Definition of sty

as in dump

a dirty or messy place "That house is such a sty that I'm never setting foot in there again," she said with a shudder

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Recent Examples of sty The result leaves nearly every performer fumbling for traction in Serkis and Stoller’s muddy-yet-gutless cinematic sty. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026 In 1981, he was elected mayor, if not quite the Zohran Mamdani of the Reagan revolution (Mamdani won by two hundred thousand votes, not ten), then at least a sty in the Gipper’s eye. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026 In eye care, HOCl is used to help with dry eyes, sties, and conditions like blepharitis and meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). — Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 10 Sep. 2025 For patients with eyelid infections, this buildup is a common cause of dryness, itchiness, eyelash loss and even recurrent sties. — Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 30 May 2025 The designation will bring international recognition to the sties, which aren’t well known even to many Ohioans. — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sty

Noun

Cole is a former cop who feels guilty about his father’s death, a backstory as lackluster as the exposition dumps that blurt it out.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
The screenplay alternates between info dumps and basic lines of dialogue delivered stonily by an international cabal of anonymous stuntmen.

— Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of dump

Noun

Earlier this month, a judge said the entire mess was too misleading to put before voters.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
Four years to the week after inheriting the mess of a 5-2 defeat at Oxford, Keegan’s latest signing Faustino Asprilla made his debut at Middlesbrough.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of mess

Noun

De Wet claims Olivier then ordered him to dispose of their bodies in a pigsty — an act prosecutors believe was meant to destroy evidence.

— Christina Coulter, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Regard your property as an investment in a pigsty, and visitors will treat it thus.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025

Definition of pigsty

Noun

The communists want to turn America into a Third World country, into a hellhole of crime and filth.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
Newsom defended California against Republican attacks — and common mindsets throughout much of America — that the Golden State is a socialist hellhole of high taxes, unaffordable living and rampant crime.

— George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026