filth.
Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
Meaning & usage
Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
Before we start cooking we need to clean up the filth in this kitchen.
Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
He spends all his time watching filth on pornographic websites.
A vile or disgusting person.
Weeds growing on pasture land.
Grampa remembers when he had to cut filth with a scythe.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English filth, from Old English fȳlþu, from Proto-West Germanic *fūliþu, equivalent to foul + -th (abstract nominal suffix).
The police.
We were in the middle of stashing the money when the filth arrived.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English filth, from Old English fȳlþu, from Proto-West Germanic *fūliþu, equivalent to foul + -th (abstract nominal suffix).
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