filth

noun

ˈfilth How to pronounce filth (audio)
Definition of filthnext
1
as in dirt
foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something the filth in the restaurant's kitchen was unbelievable

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2
as in grossness
the quality or state of being obscene films full of filth and violence

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Recent Examples of filth The young boy was bedridden, unable to speak and living in filth, according to the report. — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026 As the decades passed, the crowding and filth in the rapidly growing cities in the industrializing nations of Europe and North America created perfect conditions to fuel epidemic outbreaks that could steal the lives of those of any age or rank, but were most dangerous for the very young. — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026 Critters like mice, squirrels, birds and ants are keen on entering the shelters while humans wait on the sidewalk to avoid getting filth on the bottoms of their shoes. — Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026 Changing the name of a North Miami Beach restaurant didn’t change anything about its state inspection, including the rodents and filth. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for filth
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filth
  1. dirt
  2. grossness
  3. muck
  4. vulgarity
  5. soil
  6. obscenity
  7. sewage
  8. dirtiness
Noun
  • Store them in dedicated shoe bags Getting dirt and grime from your shoes on your clean clothes won’t end your trip early.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026
  • This fall delivers special access to Keeneland’s 90th anniversary and, for the first time since 2020, the Breeders' Cup World Championships back on its own dirt and turf.
    — Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dirt
Noun
  • But Paddy’s isn’t Sudz, and the Gang’s efforts to soft-pedal their antics to be more in line with those mainstream bars devolved into typical Sunny-style hostility and off-putting grossness.
    — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
  • All your Dad has to do is fill it and drink—the microfilter membrane will do the rest by removing chlorine odors, dirt, bacteria, and any other grossness floating around in there.
    — Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026
Definition of grossness
Noun
  • Once more than 20 feet deep in some areas, Lake Jesup today is barely six feet deep as muck and other debris have accumulated on the bottom.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
  • Yes, Nolan’s tendency to make the sound editing a bit murky or a bit too loud at times while the dialogue sinks into the sonic muck, all these things are true here.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of muck
Noun
  • The once-vaunted values of public life are now reduced to the lower standards of private life—venality, vulgarity, rudeness, incontinence, and ignorance.
    — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Benoit delights in language as much as her heroine, weaving Regency-era slang throughout and appending a chapter-by-chapter glossary of vulgarities.
    — Angelina Mazza, Vulture, 19 June 2026
Definition of vulgarity
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  • Once the plastic ends up in a landfill, the tubes slowly fragment into microplastics that can get into the air, soil, and water.
    — Anne Makovec, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Struck again on home soil by an audacious, if nongovernmental, enemy, the United States was again at war.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of soil
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  • Basin then turned toward another beachgoer, shouted an obscenity and resumed arguing with members of the group.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • An original call for service indicated that suspects pulled up to a CBS media vehicle and began shouting racial obscenities at a CBS cameraman who is Black, a law enforcement source said.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2026
Definition of obscenity
Noun
  • Health officials issued a no-swim advisory for an unnamed Lake Norman cove after about 2,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled into the lake Monday.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The wind whips up sewage dried to a powder that's been dumped for years onto an arid riverbed near the fishing settlement of Rehri Goth, on the outskirts of the Pakistani port city of Karachi.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of sewage
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  • For Damien dirtiness brought him closer to godliness, the grime evidence of his graft.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • That’s the dirtiness of rugs and pulling.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of dirtiness

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