1
: foul or putrid matter
especially
: loathsome dirt or refuse
2
a
: moral corruption or defilement
b
: something that tends to corrupt or defile
Examples of filth in a Sentence
He emerged from the cellar covered in filth.
the filth of the slaughterhouse
living in filth and squalor
Recent Examples on the Web
Real 19th-century cowpokes typically dressed in heavy canvas trousers, bowlers and wore rawhide chaps as armor against thorny vegetation and the general filth of the job.
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Guy Trebay, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
No graffiti, there's no filth, there are no foul smells ... or people waiting to push you on the train tracks and kill you. ...
—Scott Simon, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
There’s no graffiti, there’s no filth, no foul smells.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
Under Musk’s leadership, Twitter has become a sub-functional hellscape of filth that has evolved into a megaphone for its owner to pump conspiracy theories and hate speech out onto the internet.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Hall said when his son was found, he was severely dehydrated, hungry and covered in filth.
—Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
But the Smiths were left with piles of filth to clean up.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2024
This habitual house of filth can be found under Y & C Restaurant and, with this record, the owners should want inspection details hidden under a different name.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2024
Phillips’ throat burned from inhaling smoke, and he was covered in filth.
—Shannon Heffernan and Weihua Li, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
Guy Trebay, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
No graffiti, there's no filth, there are no foul smells ... or people waiting to push you on the train tracks and kill you. ...
—Scott Simon, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
There’s no graffiti, there’s no filth, no foul smells.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
Under Musk’s leadership, Twitter has become a sub-functional hellscape of filth that has evolved into a megaphone for its owner to pump conspiracy theories and hate speech out onto the internet.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Hall said when his son was found, he was severely dehydrated, hungry and covered in filth.
—Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
But the Smiths were left with piles of filth to clean up.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2024
This habitual house of filth can be found under Y & C Restaurant and, with this record, the owners should want inspection details hidden under a different name.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2024
Phillips’ throat burned from inhaling smoke, and he was covered in filth.
—Shannon Heffernan and Weihua Li, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
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“Filth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filth. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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filth
noun1
: disgusting dirt or waste
2
: something that tends to disgust, offend, or dirty
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