smutty
/'smʌti/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Dirty, soiled, or stained: Covered with or containing dirt, soot, or grime.
- Obscene, indecent, or lewd: Characterized by or containing coarse, vulgar, or sexually explicit language or humor.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective (Dirty):
- The mechanic's hands were smutty from working on the old engine.
- After the coal delivery, the white curtains were smutty with black dust.
- Adjective (Obscene):
- The comedian was criticized for his smutty jokes.
- The novel was banned for its smutty content.
Advanced Usage
- "smutty talk": conversation that is obscene or lewd.
- The teacher warned the students against smutty talk in the classroom.
- "smutty mind": a tendency to think in a lewd or indecent way.
- He accused the critic of having a smutty mind for seeing vulgarity where there was none.
Variants and Related Words
- Smut (n):
- A particle of soot or dirt; a black mark or stain.
- A smut of coal dust settled on the windowsill.
- Obscene or indecent talk or writing.
- The magazine was full of smut.
- A fungal disease of cereal plants, especially corn, that blackens the affected parts.
- The wheat crop was ruined by smut.
- Smuttily (adv): In a smutty manner.
- He whispered smuttily to his friend.
- Smuttiness (n): The quality or state of being smutty.
- The smuttiness of the film led to an R rating.
Synonyms
- For "dirty": Sooty, grimy, filthy, soiled.
- For "obscene": Lewd, vulgar, coarse, indecent, ribald, raunchy.
Related Phrases
- "smutty book/magazine": A publication containing obscene material.
- The authorities seized a shipment of smutty magazines.
- "smutty laugh": A laugh that suggests lewd or indecent thoughts.
- He gave a smutty laugh after telling the crude joke.
Adjective
- soiled with dirt or soot
- with feet black from playing outdoors
- his shirt was black within an hour
- characterized by obscenity
- had a filthy mouth
- foul language
- smutty jokes