EGAVE

filth

About 1.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
    Before we start cooking we need to clean up the filth in this kitchen.
  2. noun Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
    He spends all his time watching filth on pornographic websites.
  3. noun A vile or disgusting person.
  4. noun Weeds growing on pasture land.
    Grampa remembers when he had to cut filth with a scythe.
  5. noun The police.
    We were in the middle of stashing the money when the filth arrived.

Similar words

grime filthiness nastiness stain grease dirt soil foulness filthy crud

Often followed by

and of in that from is which or on

Word family

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