What is another word for dirtiness?

Pronunciation: [dˈɜːtɪnəs] (IPA)

Dirtiness refers to a state of being unclean or filthy and can have a negative impact on one's health and surroundings. There are several synonyms for the word dirtiness, including filth, grime, soil, smut, and pollution. Filth refers to anything that is grossly unclean and repulsive, while grime refers to a layer of dirt that is hard to remove. Soil and smut are more specific terms that refer to earth or soot on something. Lastly, pollution refers to the contamination of an environment by emitting harmful substances. All of these words can be used interchangeably with dirtiness to describe an unclean environment or object.

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What are the hypernyms for Dirtiness?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the opposite words for dirtiness?

Cleanliness is the antonym for dirtiness. Dirtiness refers to the state of being dirty, unclean, or filthy. On the other hand, cleanliness refers to the state of being free from dirt, dust or any type of unwanted substance. Keeping a clean environment is important to maintain hygiene, health, and mental well-being. Cleanliness is also associated with elegance, sophistication, and aesthetics. It is essential to maintain cleanliness in homes, workplaces, and public areas such as hospitals, schools, and parks. Practicing cleanliness habits like washing hands, cleaning surfaces, and disposing of waste properly can prevent the spread of germs and diseases.

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Usage examples for Dirtiness

Christina and Mercy, calling upon her one morning, were not ungraciously received, but had the misfortune to remark, trusting to her supposed ignorance of English, upon the dirtiness of her floor, they themselves having imported not a little of the moisture that had turned its surface into a muddy paste.
"What's Mine's Mine V1"
George MacDonald
Up early and to some business, and my wife coming to me I staid long with her discoursing about her going into the country, and as she is not very forward so am I at a great loss whether to have her go or no because of the charge, and yet in some considerations I would be glad she was there, because of the dirtiness of my house and the trouble of having of a family there.
"Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright"
Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke
Having done there, we by water home, and there find my cozen Turner and her two daughters come to see us; and there, after talking a little, I had my coach ready, and my wife and I, they going home, we out to White Chapel to take a little ayre, though yet the dirtiness of the road do prevent most of the pleasure, which should have been from this tour.
"Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright"
Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke

Famous quotes with Dirtiness

  • I couldn't get that same feeling during the day, with my hands in dirty dish water and the hard sun showing up the dirtiness on the roof tops. And after a time, even at night, the feeling of God didn't last.
    Frances Farmer
  • If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right?
    George Orwell
  • There are people who are convinced of the wickedness both of armies and of police forces, but who are nevertheless much more intolerant and inquisitorial in outlook than the normal person who believes that it is necessary to use violence in certain circumstances. They will not say to somebody else, ‘Do this, that and the other or you will go to prison’, but they will, if they can, get inside his brain and dictate his thoughts for him in the minutest particulars. Creeds like pacifism and anarchism, which seem on the surface to imply a complete renunciation of power, rather encourage this habit of mind. For if you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics — a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage — surely that proves that you are in the right? And the more you are in the right, the more natural that everyone else should be bullied into thinking likewise.
    George Orwell

Related words: dirty, greasy, messy, filthy, scummy, grimy, grubby

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