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filth

(fĭlth)

a. Foul or dirty matter.

b. Disgusting garbage or refuse.

2. A dirty or corrupt condition; foulness.

3. Something, such as language or printed matter, considered obscene, prurient, or immoral.

[Middle English, from Old English fȳlth; see pū̆- in Indo-European roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

filth

(fɪlθ)

1. foul or disgusting dirt; refuse

2. extreme physical or moral uncleanliness; pollution

3. vulgarity or obscenity, as in language

4. the filth derogatory slang the police

[Old English fӯlth; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fūlitha; see foul, defile]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

filth

(fɪlθ)

n.

1. offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse.

2. foul condition.

3. moral impurity, corruption, or obscenity.

4. vulgar or obscene language or thought.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English fȳlth. See foul, -th¹]

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Noun	1.	filth - any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant skank, crud waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"
	2.	filth - the state of being covered with unclean things grime, grunge, soil, dirt, grease, stain dirtiness, uncleanness - the state of being unsanitary
	3.	filth - a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse filthiness, nastiness, foulness unsanitariness - a state that is not conducive to health
	4.	filth - an offensive or indecent word or phrase dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, smut nookie, nooky, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screwing, screw - slang for sexual intercourse pecker, peter, putz, prick, tool, shaft - obscene terms for penis Irish bull, crap, bull - obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" bawdry, bawdy - lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy" scatology - a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions) profanity - vulgar or irreverent speech or action prick, SOB - insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous peeing, pee - informal terms for urination; "he took a pee" Fanny Adams, sweet Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery" crap, turd, dirt - obscene terms for feces

filth

noun

1. dirt, refuse, pollution, muck, shit (taboo slang), crap (taboo slang), garbage, sewage, contamination, dung, sludge, squalor, grime, faeces, slime, excrement, nastiness, carrion, excreta, crud (slang), foulness, putrefaction, ordure, defilement, kak (S. African taboo slang), grot (slang), filthiness, uncleanness, putrescence, foul matter tons of filth and sewage

2. obscenity, corruption, pornography, indecency, impurity, vulgarity, smut, vileness, dirty-mindedness The dialogue was all filth and innuendo.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

filth

noun

1. Foul or dirty matter:

dirt, grime, muck.

Slang: crud.

2. The condition or state of being dirty:

dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, griminess, grubbiness, smuttiness, squalor, uncleanliness, uncleanness.

3. Something that is offensive to accepted standards of decency:

bawdry, dirt, obscenity, profanity, ribaldry, scatology, smut, vulgarity.

Slang: raunch.

Translations

قَذارَه

špína

møgsnavs

Dreck Schmutz

arnaque ordure saleté

óhreinindi; óòverri

sporcizia sudiciume

purvinas

mēslinetīrumi

umazanija

kir pislik

污物

filth

[fɪlθ] N

1. (lit) (= dirt) → suciedad f, mugre f; (= excrement) → heces fpl

2. (fig)

2.1. (= people) → basura f
those people are nothing but filth → esa gente no es más que basura

2.2. (= bad language) → groserías fpl, obscenidades fpl
I've never read such filth → jamás he leído groserías or obscenidades semejantes

3. (= police) the filth → la policía, la pasma (Sp) , la bofia (Sp) , la cana (S. Cone)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

filth

[ˈfɪlθ] n

(= dirt) → saleté f

(= indecent material) → obscénités fpl

filth

n (lit) → Schmutz m, → Dreck m; (fig) → Schweinerei f (inf), → Sauerei f (inf); (= people) → Dreckspack nt (inf), → (Lumpen)gesindel nt; the filth (pej sl: = police) → die Bullen pl (sl); all the filth they wrote about him in the papers → all der Unflat, der über ihn in der Zeitung geschrieben wurde; less of your filth! → nicht so viele Schweinereien, bitte!; she screamed filth down the phone → sie rief Schweinereien ins Telefon (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

filth

[fɪlθ] n → sudiciume m, sporcizia (fig) → oscenità
it's just sheer filth → non è altro che una porcheria

filth

(filθ) noun

anything very dirty or foul. Look at that filth on your boots!

ˈfilthy adjective

1. very dirty. The whole house is absolutely filthy.

2. obscene. a filthy story.

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Ofttimes sitteth filth on the throne.--and ofttimes also the throne on filth.

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One long arm of it is blind, and the filth stays there forever and a day.

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He was no prude and could laugh as well as anyone at the witty immorality of a farce at the Palais Royal, but here was nothing but filth. With an emphatic gesture he held his nose and whistled through his teeth.