English noun: dirtiness |
1. | dirtiness (state) the state of being unsanitary |
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| Synonyms | uncleanness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | sanitary condition |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | befoulment, defilement, dinge, dinginess, dirt, dustiness, feculence, filth, grease, grime, griminess, grubbiness, grunge, pollution, smuttiness, soil, sootiness, sordidness, squalidness, squalor, stain |
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| Antonyms | cleanness |
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2. | dirtiness (state) the state of containing dirty impurities |
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| Broader (hypernym) | impureness, impurity |
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3. | dirtiness (attribute) obscenity in speech or writing |
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| Synonyms | smuttiness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bawdiness, lewdness, obscenity, salaciousness, salacity |
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