Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dirty
Participle: dirtied
Gerund: dirtying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dirty |
| you | dirty |
| he;she;it | dirties |
| we | dirty |
| you | dirty |
| they | dirty |
Perfect
| I | have dirtied |
| you | have dirtied |
| he;she;it | has dirtied |
| we | have dirtied |
| you | have dirtied |
| they | have dirtied |
Past
| I | dirtied |
| you | dirtied |
| he;she;it | dirtied |
| we | dirtied |
| you | dirtied |
| they | dirtied |
Pluperfect
| I | had dirtied |
| you | had dirtied |
| he;she;it | had dirtied |
| we | had dirtied |
| you | had dirtied |
| they | had dirtied |
Future
| I | will dirty |
| you | will dirty |
| he;she;it | will dirty |
| we | will dirty |
| you | will dirty |
| they | will dirty |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dirtied |
| you | will have dirtied |
| he;she;it | will have dirtied |
| we | will have dirtied |
| you | will have dirtied |
| they | will have dirtied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dirty |
| you | dirty |
| he;she;it | dirty |
| we | dirty |
| you | dirty |
| they | dirty |
Perfect
| I | have dirtied |
| you | have dirtied |
| he;she;it | have dirtied |
| we | have dirtied |
| you | have dirtied |
| they | have dirtied |
Imperfect
| I | dirtied |
| you | dirtied |
| he;she;it | dirtied |
| we | dirtied |
| you | dirtied |
| they | dirtied |
Pluperfect
| I | had dirtied |
| you | had dirtied |
| he;she;it | had dirtied |
| we | had dirtied |
| you | had dirtied |
| they | had dirtied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dirty |
| you | would dirty |
| he;she;it | would dirty |
| we | would dirty |
| you | would dirty |
| they | would dirty |
Perfect
| I | would have dirtied |
| you | would have dirtied |
| he;she;it | would have dirtied |
| we | would have dirtied |
| you | would have dirtied |
| they | would have dirtied |
Imperative
| you | dirty |
| we | Let's dirty |
| you | dirty |
Verbs conjugated like 'dirty'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dirty'
dirt,
ditty,
airt,
bedirty,
birth,
dart,
deray,
diary,
diet,
dint,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make dirty
- smirch
- make dirty
- blacken, soil
- make unclean
- defile
- to make physically dirty
- assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, bedizen, befile, befoul, begrime, beray, besully, bewray, blacken, blot, blur, contaminate, darken, denigrate, drag through the mud, dull, foil, foul, gunk, gunk up, inquinate, pollute, sling mud, slotter, slur, smutch, soss, sowl, spot, stain, sullow, taint, tarnish, uggle
- To smear over; to sully.
- besmear
- To make dirty; to soil.
- besmirch
- To make unclean, dirty, or impure.
- defile
- To soil or smear with dirt.
- smudge
- To make dirty.
- soil
- To ruin
- spoil
- to soil or stain; to dirty
- sully
- to upset or make a mess of something; to put into disarray; to adversely alter
- bugger up, disrupt, disturb, fuck up, jack up, mar, mess up, pollute, put a crimp in, queer, ruin, screw up, sour, spoil, stain, turn upside down, upset, upset the applecart
Antonyms
- to make physically dirty
- clean
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- be removed, be taken, become pregnant, fail to notice, make clean, examine, impregnate, remain
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German drēterich (“dirty”).
2. See also drite.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and as active as a monkey, and the confinement of sewing was her abomination; so she broke her needles, threw them slyly out of the window, or down in chinks of the walls; she tangled, broke, and dirtied her thread, or, with a sly movement, would throw a spool away altogether. Her motions were almost as quick as those of a practised conjurer, and her command of her face quite as great; and though [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)