List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 118

SYNONYMS: dirty, filthy, foul, nasty, squalid, grimy.
These adjectives apply to what is unclean, impure, or unkempt.

Dirty, the most general, describes what is covered or stained with dirt: dirty clothes; dirty feet; dirty sidewalks.
Something that is filthy is disgustingly dirty: filthy rags; a room as filthy as a pigsty.
Foul suggests gross offensiveness, particularly to the sense of smell: a foul odor; a foul pond.
Nasty can refer to what is unpleasant because of the presence of dirt (Scrubbing bathrooms is a nasty job) but is often applied to what is merely annoying or unpleasant (nasty ideas; a nasty trick).
Squalid suggests dirtiness, wretchedness, and sordidness: lived in a squalid apartment.
Grimy describes something whose surface is smudged with dirt such as grime or soot: grimy hands.