DIRTINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dirtiness mean? 

• DIRTINESS (noun)
  The noun DIRTINESS has 3 senses:

1. the state of being unsanitary

2. the state of containing dirty impurities

3. obscenity in speech or writing

  Familiarity information: DIRTINESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIRTINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being unsanitary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

dirtiness; uncleanness

Hypernyms ("dirtiness" is a kind of...):

sanitary condition (the state of sanitation (clean or dirty))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dirtiness"):

feculence (something that is feculent)

dirt; filth; grease; grime; grunge; soil; stain (the state of being covered with unclean things)

befoulment; defilement; pollution (the state of being polluted)

dinge; dinginess (discoloration due to dirtiness)

dustiness (the state of being covered with dust)

griminess; grubbiness (the state of being grimy)

smuttiness; sootiness (the state of being dirty with soot)

sordidness; squalidness; squalor (sordid dirtiness)

Antonym:

cleanness (the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities)

Derivation:

dirty (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)

dirty (contaminated with infecting organisms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The state of containing dirty impurities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dirtiness" is a kind of...):

impureness; impurity (the condition of being impure)

Derivation:

dirty (spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Obscenity in speech or writing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

dirtiness; smuttiness

Hypernyms ("dirtiness" is a kind of...):

bawdiness; lewdness; obscenity; salaciousness; salacity (the trait of behaving in an obscene manner)

Derivation:

dirty ((of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency)