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filthiness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of filthiness

1 the quality or state of being obscene

  • the book was controversial partly because of the filthiness of the language
Synonyms of filthiness

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

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 filthiness

priggery, priggishness, primness, prudery, prudishness, puritanism

correctness, decency, decorousness, decorum, seemliness

appropriateness, fitness, suitability, suitableness

perfection, purity, spotlessness

2 the state or quality of being dirty

  • the appalling filthiness of the oven in the vacated apartment
Synonyms of filthiness

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

discoloration, staining

impureness, impurity

messiness, mussiness, sloppiness, untidiness

insanitation, squalor

muddiness, sootiness
Near Antonyms of filthiness

purity
Antonyms of filthiness

cleanliness, spotlessness

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