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SMUTTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does smutty mean?
• SMUTTY (adjective)
The adjective SMUTTY has 2 senses:
1. characterized by obscenity
2. soiled with dirt or soot
Familiarity information: SMUTTY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: smuttiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by obscenity
Synonyms:
cruddy; filthy; foul; nasty; smutty
Context example:
smutty jokes
Similar:
dirty ((of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency)
Derivation:
smut (creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire)
smut (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)
smuttiness (obscenity in speech or writing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Soiled with dirt or soot
Synonyms:
black; smutty
Context example:
his shirt was black within an hour
Similar:
dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)
Derivation:
smuttiness (the state of being dirty with soot)
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