dirtiness

dirtiness
noun
1. the state of being unsanitary
• Syn: ↑uncleanness
• Ant: ↑cleanness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑unclean (for: ↑uncleanness), ↑dirty
• Hypernyms: ↑sanitary condition
• Hyponyms:
2. the state of containing dirty impurities
• Derivationally related forms: ↑dirty
• Hypernyms: ↑impurity, ↑impureness
3. obscenity in speech or writing
• Syn: ↑smuttiness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑dirty, ↑smutty (for: ↑smuttiness)
• Hypernyms: ↑obscenity, ↑lewdness, ↑bawdiness, ↑salaciousness, ↑salacity

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