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DIRTINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Obscenity in speech or writing
Synonyms:
dirtiness; smuttiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("dirtiness" is a kind of...):
bawdiness; lewdness; obscenity; salaciousness; salacity (the trait of behaving in an obscene manner)
Derivation:
dirty ((of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of containing dirty impurities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("dirtiness" is a kind of...):
impureness; impurity (the condition of being impure)
Derivation:
dirty (spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The state of being unsanitary
Synonyms:
dirtiness; uncleanness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("dirtiness" is a kind of...):
sanitary condition (the state of sanitation (clean or dirty))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dirtiness"):
feculence (something that is feculent)
dirt; filth; grease; grime; grunge; soil; stain (the state of being covered with unclean things)
befoulment; defilement; pollution (the state of being polluted)
dinge; dinginess (discoloration due to dirtiness)
dustiness (the state of being covered with dust)
griminess; grubbiness (the state of being grimy)
smuttiness; sootiness (the state of being dirty with soot)
sordidness; squalidness; squalor (sordid dirtiness)
Antonym:
cleanness (the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities)
Derivation:
dirty (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)
dirty (contaminated with infecting organisms)
