filth

Plural: filths

Noun

• Foul or dirty matter; extreme uncleanness.
• any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
• the state of being covered with unclean things
• a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
• an offensive or indecent word or phrase
• Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
• Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
• A vile or disgusting person.
• Weeds growing on pasture land.
• The police.

Examples

• Before we start cooking we need to clean up the filth in this kitchen.
• Grampa remembers when he had to cut filth with a scythe.
• He spends all his time watching filth on pornographic websites.
• The opponent’s terrible tile rack was pure filth.
• We were in the middle of stashing the money when the filth arrived.

Synonyms

crud, dirt, dirty word, filthiness, foulness, grease, grime, grunge, nastiness, obscenity, skank, smut, soil, stain, vulgarism