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filth en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /fɪlθ/
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Etymology

From Middle English filth, from Old English fȳlþu, from Proto-West Germanic *fūliþu, equivalent to foul + -th (abstract nominal suffix).

Meanings

1. (Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, uncountable) The police.
   • We were in the middle of stashing the money when the filth arrived.
   • Riding through the city on my bike all day/'Cause the filth took away my licence 2006, “LDN”, in Alright, Still, performed by Lily Allen:
2. (uncountable, usually) Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
   • Before we start cooking we need to clean up the filth in this kitchen.
3. (uncountable, usually) Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
   • He spends all his time watching filth on pornographic websites.
   • Novv all theſe Precepts do not only tend to beget in us ſuch vertues and diſpoſitions, as are reaſonable and ſuitable to our nature, and every vvay for our temporal convenience and advantage; but ſuch, as do likevviſe exceedingly diſpoſe us to piety and religion, by purifying our ſouls from the droſs and filth of ſenſual delights. 1671, John Tillotson, “Phil[ippians] iij. 8.”, in Sermons Preach’d upon Several Occasions, London: […] A[nne] M[axwell] for Sa[muel] Gellibrand, […], →OCLC, pages 190–191:
4. (derogatory, uncountable, usually) A vile or disgusting person.
   • They were filth, utter filth. I mean, and this tops it. She even bought the video of her sister dying, or at least the sex act that killed her. 2011, Jeremy Robert Hall, Summer Days:
   • I think you're scum, I think you're filth. And as far as Elaine's concerned you're to get her out of your filthy mind right now. 1963, Charles Webb, The Graduate:
5. (US, dated, uncountable, usually) Weeds growing on pasture land.
   • Grampa remembers when he had to cut filth with a scythe.

Forms

Deriveds

filthy · read someone for filth · filthen · read someone to filth · filthify · filthless · Philthadelphia · Filthadelphia · filthmonger · befilth

Translations (120)

te మురికి (dirt) · fi lika (dirt) · mk нечистотија (dirt) · it sporcizia (dirt) · nv ih (dirt) · sq papastërti (dirt) · ja 泥 (dirt) · xcl կեղտ (dirt) · tg гил (dirt) · es shuquía (dirt) · sh nečistòća (dirt) · ga garr (dirt) · hu mocsok (dirt) · hi गंद (dirt) · tg чирк (dirt) · my အညစ်အကြေး (dirt) · ur گَنْدَگی (dirt) · es bahorrina (dirt) · mn тоос (dirt) · sh нечисто̀ћа (dirt) · gl porcallada (dirt) · sk špina (dirt) · vi rác bẩn (dirt) · tg қарқ (dirt) · km ភាពកខ្វក់ (dirt) · la sordēs (dirt) · ky кир (dirt) · bg мръсоти́я (dirt) · kk былғаныш (dirt) · cmn 污 (dirt) · ko 오물 (dirt) · ota كیر (dirt) · cmn 穢物 /秽物 (dirt) · ar قَذَارَة (dirt) · nb skitt (dirt) · be гразь (dirt) · ja 汚物 (dirt) · de Dreck (dirt) · kk лас (dirt) · lo ມົນທິນ (dirt) · pt imundície (dirt) · eo malpuraĵo (dirt) · ga mosar (dirt) · es porquería (dirt) · es fosquera (dirt) · tr kir (dirt) · txb krāke (dirt) · vi rác rưởi (dirt) · ca immundícia (dirt) · es mugre (dirt) · uz loy (dirt) · cs špína (dirt) · izh lika (dirt) · sq fëlliqësi (dirt) · fr saleté (dirt) · ro murdărie (dirt) · ota چرك (dirt) · de Schmutz (dirt) · tg лоиқа (dirt) · ru нечистота́ (dirt) · es bascosidad (dirt) · it sporco (dirt) · hy կեղտ (dirt) · sl umazanija (dirt) · ang fȳlþu (dirt) · gl sucidade (dirt) · sv lort (dirt) · be бруд (dirt) · az zığ (dirt) · uz kir (dirt) · hu piszok (dirt) · xcl գայռ (dirt) · pl brud (dirt) · grc ῥύπος (dirt) · et mustus (dirt) · sh прља́вштина (dirt) · mn хир (dirt) · he לִכלוּך (dirt) · mi karaweta (dirt) · tk hapalyk (dirt) · fr crasse (dirt) · es sarama (dirt) · th สิ่งปฏิกูล (dirt) · gl lixo (dirt) · nv chin (dirt) · izh riima (dirt) · el ακαθαρσία (dirt) · es inmundicia (dirt) · fr boue (dirt) · es shuquencia (dirt) · az çirkab (dirt) · tk kir (dirt) · ur گَنْد (dirt) · az kir (dirt) · grc ῤυπαρία (dirt) · es suciedad (dirt) · ru грязь (dirt) · mi paraweta (dirt) · cmn 污垢 (dirt) · uz botqoq (dirt) · txb Tocharian B: tettinor (dirt) · uz balchiq (dirt) · tg лой (dirt) · ka ჭუჭყი (dirt) · az palçıq (dirt) · uk бруд (dirt) · la paedor (dirt) · scn lurdìa (dirt) · sh prljávština (dirt) · mi kerakera (dirt) · hi गंदगी (dirt) · mi hawahawa (dirt) · sv smuts (dirt) · ota پیسلك (dirt) · pt sujeira (dirt) · tr pislik (dirt) · ca porqueria (dirt) · oc immondícia (dirt) · az çirk (dirt) · fa-ira چِرْک (dirt)