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filth

[ filth ]

noun

  1. offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter:

    the filth dumped into our rivers.

  2. foul condition:

    to live in filth.

  3. moral impurity, corruption, or obscenity.
  4. vulgar or obscene language or thought.


filth

/ ´Úɪ±ôθ /

noun

  1. foul or disgusting dirt; refuse
  2. extreme physical or moral uncleanliness; pollution
  3. vulgarity or obscenity, as in language
  4. the filth derogatory.
    the police
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of filth1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English ´Ú²âÌ„±ô³Ù³ó. See foul, -th 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of filth1

Old English ´ÚÓ¯±ô³Ù³ó ; related to Old Saxon, Old High German ´ÚÅ«±ô¾±³Ù³ó²¹ ; see foul , defile
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Stinking of the filth he’d rolled in, he concluded that he was probably on the wrong path.

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We’ve come a long, long way from committing to institutions those who look and act slightly different from the majority and condemning them to a lifetime of fear and filth and isolation.

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"There were calls for 'this kind of filth to be taken off our screens'."

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The media certainly has the incentive to sensationalize drug use, followed by calls to ban this “sick filth,†but prohibition certainly offers no solutions to the mental health crisis or actually stops drug use.

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In her hand, they have almost unanimously perceived a strigil, an ancient bathing tool for scraping filth from the body.

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