as in bastards
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
forgetting my birthday was the final straw—I had to dump the dirtbag
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Recent Examples of dirtbags
Because right now, being loudmouth dirtbags might just be the only thing this team has going for it.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
The first is more music, for the indie dirtbags in the house.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
The vignettes in Dirtbag Billionaire unequivocally show that Chouinard was once the dirtbag to end all dirtbags—and remains so at heart.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
From dirtbags to gym rats With origins in Alpine exploration, rock climbing developed as a sport in late-19th century Europe.
—Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
Harjo understands better than all but a few of his star’s previous collaborators how to weaponize Hawke’s gift for playing talkative dirtbags who are equal parts insufferable and charming.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
The first is more music, for the indie dirtbags in the house.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
The vignettes in Dirtbag Billionaire unequivocally show that Chouinard was once the dirtbag to end all dirtbags—and remains so at heart.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
From dirtbags to gym rats With origins in Alpine exploration, rock climbing developed as a sport in late-19th century Europe.
—Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
Harjo understands better than all but a few of his star’s previous collaborators how to weaponize Hawke’s gift for playing talkative dirtbags who are equal parts insufferable and charming.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirtbags
Noun
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To relitigate the matter on behalf of Musk only served to underline the conviction that all of these jerks deserved one another.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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Here, witches are real — and so are jerks.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Grotesque sea hags, killer clowns, demonic self-help books and more plague the town and its mayor, Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys).—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2026
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The four paintings are Joan Miró’s Composition (1953), Maurice Utrillo’s Maison de rendez-vous de chasse de Henri IV, rue Saint-Vincent, Montmartre (1934), Balthus’s Etude pour femme couchée (1948), and Pablo Picasso’s L’Ecuyere et les clowns (1961).—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The 10-week-old Boxer has since been treated for Parvovirus — a highly contagious and potentially fatal viral illness that primarily affects young puppies and unvaccinated dogs — in the organization's specialized ICU and is available for adoption at the Sunnyslope Campus in Phoenix.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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Dog dumping has become such a problem that the Hartford Animal Shelter in partnership with the Hartford Police Department said it may be forced to start euthanizing healthy dogs as the shelter reaches capacity.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Around ponds, frogs and toads will be eaten, and when worms emerge after rainfall, skunks will eagerly feed on those.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
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Things start with dead skunks in a pool and only get (far, far) worse from there.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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“Dirtbags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirtbags. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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