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Filth

Noun CEFR B1
fɪlθ

Definitions

  1. The police.
  2. Acronym of failed in London, try Hongkong.
  3. Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
  4. Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
  5. A vile or disgusting person.
  6. Weeds growing on pasture land.

Equivalents

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Azərbaycan diliçirkkirpalçıq
Беларускаябрудгразь
Češtinašpína
فارسیچرک
Gaeilgegarrmosar
Հայերենկեղտ
Bahasa Indonesiadakikotorannajistahi
日本語汚物
ქართულიჭუჭყი
Қазақ тілібылғанышлас
한국어오물
Kurdîbajcirkkirkîrsalete
Кыргызчакир
Te Reo Māoritaeweta
Македонскинечистотија
မြန်မာအညစ်အကြေး
Românămurdărie
Svenskabajlortsmutssolk
తెలుగుమురికి
Тоҷикӣгиллой
O'zbekchabotqoqloy

Examples

Before we start cooking we need to clean up the filth in this kitchen.”
“He spends all his time watching filth on pornographic websites.”
“Novv all theſe Precepts do not only tend to beget in us ſuch vertues and diſpoſitions, as are reaſonable and ſuitable to our nature, and every vvay for our temporal convenience and advantage; but ſuch, as do likevviſe exceedingly diſpoſe us to piety and religion, by purifying our ſouls from the droſs and filth of ſenſual delights.”
“I think you're scum, I think you're filth. And as far as Elaine's concerned you're to get her out of your filthy mind right now.”
They were filth, utter filth. I mean, and this tops it. She even bought the video of her sister dying, or at least the sex act that killed her.”
Grampa remembers when he had to cut filth with a scythe.”
“We were in the middle of stashing the money when the filth arrived.”
The British expatriate in Hong Kong has long been known as FILTH.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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