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filthy

/ˈfɪlθi/ adjective B2
  1. Covered with filth; very dirty.
  2. Obscene or offensive.
  3. Very unpleasant or disagreeable.

Comparative filthier · Superlative filthiest

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He seldom smoked, for Marilla set her face against it as a filthy habit; but at certain times and seasons he felt driven to it and then Marilla winked at the practice, realizing that a mere man must have some vent for his emotions.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 36 · C1
“I beg that you will not touch me with your filthy hands,” remarked our prisoner as the handcuffs clattered upon his wrists.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 30 · B2
A red handkerchief encircled his gray head; torn and filthy garments covered his large bony limbs, which seemed as though, like those of a skeleton, they would rattle as he walked; and the hand with which he leaned upon the young man’s shoulder, and which was the first thing Andrea saw, seemed of gigantic size.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 680 · C1

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