dirtbag

noun

dirt·​bag ˈdərt-ˌbag 

slang

: a dirty, unkempt, or contemptible person

Synonyms

• bastard
• beast
• bleeder [British]
• blighter [chiefly British]
• boor
• bounder
• bugger
• buzzard
• cad
• chuff
• churl
• clown
• creep
• cretin
• crud [slang]
• crumb [slang]
• cur
• dog
• fink
• heel
• hound
• jerk
• joker
• louse
• lout
• pill
• rat
• rat fink
• reptile
• rotter
• schmuck [slang]
• scum
• scumbag [slang]
• scuzzball [slang]
• skunk
• sleaze
• sleazebag [slang]
• sleazeball [slang]
• slime
• slimeball [slang]
• slob
• snake
• so-and-so
• sod [chiefly British]
• stinkard
• stinker
• swine
• toad
• varmint
• vermin

Examples of dirtbag in a Sentence

forgetting my birthday was the final straw—I had to dump the dirtbag

Recent Examples on the Web

Big Thing 1: Andy is a cheating dirtbag who, by the end of the hour, is on his way out of Kristen’s life. —Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 1 Aug. 2024

The setting is familiar enough: rural Texas farmland, a creepy old couple, charming dirtbags secretly shooting a dirty movie. —Dennis Perkins and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 5 July 2024

There reside the morally complicated men, if not outright dirtbags. —Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 July 2024

Alfonso is somehow a bigger dirtbag, and Thompson’s voice felt too dry (read: not sticky) and distilled of a requisite toxicity. —Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 22 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1967, in the meaning defined above