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
And while embracing being a dirtbag is a beloved way to endure this reality, the identity has always subtly played to the interests of the people who increasingly run these towns.
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Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
Things are looking up for pop’s favorite sad sack dirtbag!
—Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2024
A lot of people were still dying and the sponsors got scared of the sport and left it to be this dirtbag, on the edge [hobby].
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024
The other was his older brother, who’s a bit of a dirtbag himself.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2024
The closest Hunter has to a forerunner may be turn-of-the-millennium Robert Downey, Jr.: a painfully public avatar of squandered privilege, a darkly hilarious rogue casting off sparks of pathos and augurs of doom, America’s favorite dirtbag.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
So, from the climber’s point of view, a dirtbag is just someone who’s really in nature, who’s constantly on the road.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
Men who introduce themselves with off-color jokes, like young Matty (Toby Wallace, a standout in Babyteeth, once again excellent at being an off-putting dirtbag from some angles and a dreamboat from others), turn out to be great fun in the light of day.
—Vulture, 6 Oct. 2023
My first exposure was hearing Rock & Roll Animal on the radio, as a 13-year-old dirtbag.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2023
Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
Things are looking up for pop’s favorite sad sack dirtbag!
—Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2024
A lot of people were still dying and the sponsors got scared of the sport and left it to be this dirtbag, on the edge [hobby].
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024
The other was his older brother, who’s a bit of a dirtbag himself.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2024
The closest Hunter has to a forerunner may be turn-of-the-millennium Robert Downey, Jr.: a painfully public avatar of squandered privilege, a darkly hilarious rogue casting off sparks of pathos and augurs of doom, America’s favorite dirtbag.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
So, from the climber’s point of view, a dirtbag is just someone who’s really in nature, who’s constantly on the road.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
Men who introduce themselves with off-color jokes, like young Matty (Toby Wallace, a standout in Babyteeth, once again excellent at being an off-putting dirtbag from some angles and a dreamboat from others), turn out to be great fun in the light of day.
—Vulture, 6 Oct. 2023
My first exposure was hearing Rock & Roll Animal on the radio, as a 13-year-old dirtbag.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2023
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“Dirtbag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirtbag. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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