filth

filth · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Disgusting dirt or refuse; extremely dirty matter.

  2. 2.

    Obscene or offensive language, images, or material.

  3. 3.

    Moral corruption or degradation.

  4. 4.

    (British slang, offensive) The police.

Related words

Antonyms: cleanliness, purity
See also: dirty, filthy, grime
Synonyms: dirt, grime, muck, squalor

Etymology

From Old English fylþ ("foulness, rottenness, corruption"), from Proto-Germanic fulithō, related to fūl ("foul"). The word has maintained its core meaning of extreme dirtiness and moral impurity since Old English times.