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dirtiness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of dirtiness

1 the state or quality of being dirty

  • the health inspector took the manager to task over the general dirtiness of the restaurant
Synonyms of dirtiness

blackness, dinge, dinginess, dustiness, filthiness, foulness, griminess, grubbiness, nastiness, smuttiness, soilage, sordidness, squalidness, uncleanliness, uncleanness
Words Related to dirtiness

discoloration, staining

impureness, impurity

messiness, mussiness, sloppiness, untidiness

insanitation, squalor

muddiness, sootiness
Near Antonyms of dirtiness

purity
Antonyms of dirtiness

cleanliness, spotlessness

2 the quality or state of being obscene

  • the incontestable dirtiness of the film demands an adult rating
Synonyms of dirtiness

bawdiness, blueness, coarseness, crudeness, crudity, dirt, filth, filthiness, foulness, grossness, impureness, impurity, indecency, lasciviousness, lewdness, nastiness, obscenity, profanity, raunch, raunchiness, ribaldry, smut, smuttiness, vulgarity, wantonness
Words Related to dirtiness

broadness, earthiness, gaminess, raciness, saltiness, suggestiveness

immodesty, indecorousness, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, unbecomingness

lechery

depravedness, depravity, kinkiness, naughtiness, perverseness, perversion, perversity, pervertedness, wickedness

exceptionability, objectionableness, unacceptability, undesirability

reprehensibility, reprehensibleness

abusiveness, scurrilousness

atrociousness, atrocity, infamy, loathsomeness, offensiveness, repellency, repugnance, repulsiveness

distastefulness, obnoxiousness, unpleasantness
Near Antonyms of dirtiness

priggery, priggishness, primness, prudery, prudishness, puritanism

correctness, decency, decorousness, decorum, seemliness

appropriateness, fitness, suitability, suitableness

perfection, purity, spotlessness

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