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   filth

   /fɪlθ/

   noun

   • 1. disgusting dirt: "stagnant pools of filth" Similar dirtmuckgrimemudmiresludgeslimeoozefoul matterexcrementexcretadungmanureorduresewagerefusegarbagetrashdrossscumpollutioncontaminationdefilementdecayputrefactionputrescencesqualorsqualidnesssordidnessshabbinesssleazinessfilthinessuncleannessfoulnessnastinessrubbishinformal:crudgrotgungegrungeyuck
   • ▪ obscene and offensive language or printed material: "some calls were vitriolic, accusing us of publishing pornography and filth" Similar pornographypornographic literature/films/videosdirty bookssmutviceobscenityindecencycorruptionlewdnessrudenessvulgaritycoarsenesscrudenessgrossnessvilenessnastinessimmoralityinformal:pornhard pornsoft pornpornoraunchiness
   • ▪ corrupt behaviour; decadence.
   • ▪ used as a term of abuse for a person or people one greatly despises: "you and all the others like you are filth"
   • ▪ the police.

   Word Origin Old Englishfȳlth ‘rotting matter, rottenness’, also ‘corruption, obscenity’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vuilte, also to foul.

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