immundicity†; impurity &c 961 [of mind]. defilement, contamination &c
v.; defoedation†; soilure†, soiliness†; abomination; leaven; taint,
tainture†; fetor &c 401 [Obs.].
decay; putrescence, putrefaction; corruption; mold, must, mildew,
dry rot, mucor, rubigo†.
slovenry†; slovenliness &c adj.; squalor.
dowdy, drab, slut, malkin†, slattern, sloven, slammerkin†,
slammock†, slummock†, scrub, draggle-tail, mudlark†, dust-man, sweep;
beast.
dirt, filth, soil, slop; dust, cobweb, flue; smoke, soot, smudge,
smut, grit, grime, raff†; sossle†, sozzle†.
sordes†, dregs, grounds, lees; argol†; sediment, settlement
heeltap†; dross, drossiness†; mother†, precipitate, scoriae, ashes,
cinders.
recrement†, slag; scum, froth.
hogwash; ditchwater†, dishwater, bilgewater†; rinsings,
cheeseparings; sweepings &c (useless refuse) 645; offscourings†,
outscourings†; off scum; caput mortuum [Lat.], residuum, sprue, fecula
[Lat.], clinker, draff†; scurf, scurfiness†; exuviae [Lat.], morphea;
fur, furfur†; dandruff, tartar.
riffraff; vermin, louse, flea, bug, chinch†.
mud, mire, quagmire, alluvium, silt, sludge, slime, slush, slosh,
sposh [U.S.].
spawn, offal, gurry [U.S.]; lientery†; garbage, carrion; excreta &c
299; slough, peccant humor, pus, matter, suppuration, lienteria†;
faeces, feces, excrement, ordure, dung, crap [Vulg.], shit [Vulg.];
sewage, sewerage; muck; coprolite; guano, manure, compost.
dunghill, colluvies†, mixen†, midden, bog, laystall†, sink, privy,
jakes; toilet, john, head; cess†, cesspool; sump, sough, cloaca,
latrines, drain, sewer, common sewer; Cloacina; dust hole.
sty, pigsty, lair, den, Augean stable†, sink of corruption; slum,
rookery.
V. be unclean, become unclean &c adj.; rot, putrefy, ferment, fester,
rankle, reek; stink &c 401; mold, molder; go bad &c adj.. render
unclean &c adj.; dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch†, soil,
smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease†; dabble,
drabble†, draggle, daggle†; spatter, slubber; besmear &c, bemire,
beslime†, begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain†, maculate, sully,
pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt &c
(injure) 659; cover with dust &c n.; drabble in the mud†; roil.
wallow in the mire; slobber, slabber†.
Adj. dirty, filthy, grimy; unclean, impure; soiled &c v.; not to be
handled with kid gloves; dusty, snuffy†, smutty, sooty, smoky; thick,
turbid, dreggy; slimy; mussy [U.S.].
slovenly, untidy, messy, uncleanly.
[of people] unkempt, sluttish, dowdy, draggle-tailed; uncombed.
unscoured†, unswept†, unwiped†, unwashed, unstrained, unpurified†;
squalid; lutose†, slammocky†, slummocky†, sozzly†.
nasty, coarse, foul, offensive, abominable, beastly, reeky,
reechy†; fetid &c 401.
[of rotting living matter] decayed, moldy, musty, mildewed, rusty,
moth-eaten, mucid†, rancid, weak, bad, gone bad, etercoral†,
lentiginous†, touched, fusty, effete, reasty†, rotten, corrupt, tainted,
high, flyblown, maggoty; putrid, putrefactive, putrescent, putrefied;
saprogenic, saprogenous†; purulent, carious, peccant; fecal, feculent;
stercoraceous†, excrementitious†; scurfy, scurvy, impetiginous†; gory,
bloody; rotting &c v.; rotten as a pear, rotten as cheese.
crapulous &c (intemperate) 954 [Obs.]; gross &c (impure in mind)
961; fimetarious†, fimicolous†.
Phr. they that touch pitch will be defiled [Much Ado About Nothing].