Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

filthy

[fil-thee] / ˈfɪl θi /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

She then was transferred to Pretrial Detention Centre Number 5 in Donetsk, where she shared a small, filthy cell with around 20 common-law prisoners.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Strong supports the closing of Men’s Central Jail and said the department needed to look at medical care, filthy living conditions and a lack of healthy food and clean water.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Four years ago, Robert Brovdi was more comfortable in auction houses like Christie's than filthy trenches.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

On the way to a fancy ball, his gallant attempt to guide his date past a fetid puddle ends with him splashing her “from head to foot with that filthy water.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The filthy sweater pulled from the underbrush had been the one she’d laid over Clare all those years ago.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




Vocabulary lists containing filthy


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "filthy" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com