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Couvert de substances indésirables comme de la boue, de la poussière ou des restes de nourriture.

En anglais simple : Covered with unwanted substances, such as mud, dust, or old food.

• Your hands are dirty.
• He left his dirty shoes outside.
• Why is the kitchen floor so dirty?

Synonymes : unclean, grimy, filthy

Contraires : clean

Expressions courantes : dirty clothes, dirty hands, dirty dishes, dirty shoes

salissant, malsain

Qui risque de salir les personnes ou les choses, ou de les exposer à des microbes dangereux.

En anglais simple : Likely to make people or things unclean, or expose them to harmful germs.

• Repairing engines is dirty work.
• Wear gloves for this dirty job.
• Handling waste is a dirty task that requires care.

Synonymes : messy, unhygienic

Contraires : clean

Expressions courantes : dirty work, dirty job, dirty task

déloyalement

En enfreignant les règles ou en traitant les autres injustement.

En anglais simple : In a way that breaks rules or treats other people unfairly.

• They always play dirty.
• The candidate fought dirty during the election.
• You cannot win fairly if you play dirty.

Synonymes : unfairly

Contraires : fairly

Expressions courantes : play dirty, fight dirty

salir

Rendre quelque chose moins propre en y déposant de la boue, de la poussière ou d’autres substances indésirables.

En anglais simple : To make something less clean by putting mud, dust, or other unwanted things on it.

• Please do not dirty the floor.
• He dirtied his shoes in the garden.
• Wet dogs can dirty a clean carpet.

Synonymes : soil

Contraires : clean

Expressions courantes : dirty something, dirty your clothes

ternir, salir

Faire perdre à quelqu’un sa bonne réputation aux yeux des autres.

En anglais simple : To make people think badly of someone or their good name.

• The lies dirtied her name.
• He refused to dirty his reputation for money.
• Those accusations dirty the memory of an honest man.

Synonymes : tarnish, stain

Expressions courantes : dirty someone’s name, dirty someone’s reputation