Definition

1. 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

1. soiled with dirt or soot
   • with feet black from playing outdoors
   • his shirt was black within an hour
2. characterized by obscenity
   • had a filthy mouth
   • foul language
   • smutty jokes