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IELTS BNC: 11928 COCA: 15292

filth

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
filth /ˈfɪlθ/ noun
filth
/ˈfɪlθ/
noun
Learner's definition of FILTH
[noncount]
: a large and very unpleasant amount of dirt污物;污秽
: very dirty conditions肮脏的环境
: something that is very offensive or disgusting and often is about sex下流物;淫秽物
IELTS BNC: 11928 COCA: 15292

filth

noun

1
: foul or putrid matter
especially : loathsome dirt or refuse
2
a
: moral corruption or defilement
b
: something that tends to corrupt or defile

Example Sentences

He emerged from the cellar covered in filth. the filth of the slaughterhouse living in filth and squalor
Recent Examples on the Web The kidnappers demanded $5 million ransom as their victims were held in deplorable conditions, with the stench of vomit and filth intensified by the searing California heat. Amir Vera And Taylor Romine, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022 Julia and her husband toured wartime Washington, D.C., in November 1861, with Dr. Howe on duty for the federal Sanitary Commission at a time when filth and disease were deadly issues in military camps. Fox News, 2 July 2022 Reviewers on Yelp, meanwhile, complained of issues including bedbugs, noise and filth. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022 Someone like Jeffrey Dahmer, the serial killer, or David and Louise Turpin—parents who raised their own children in filth and isolation, starved them and kept them chained up in their home. Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 June 2022 This safe space has provided him with an escape from the death, filth and predation outside, and something more. Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2022 And until someone does something about it, and until Fox News stops broadcasting its repulsive filth, nothing will change. Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 May 2022 Worries include vermin, theft, filth, and stigmatizing conditions. Hillary Chura Hohmann, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2022 The dogs, intrigued by the entrails, give themselves a good roll in the filth. Nathaniel Adams, Chron, 26 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English fȳlth, from fūl foul

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of filth was before the 12th century
IELTS BNC: 11928 COCA: 15292

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