dirtier
- 1Comparative of dirty.
The river grows dirtier each year as factories dump waste upstream.
By the end of the shift, the mechanic's hands were dirtier than ever.
Note
This is the regular comparative of a two-syllable adjective in -y: the y turns to i before -er. More dirty is possible but sounds stiff beside it. The comparative carries every meaning of dirty, not only grime. A campaign can get dirtier, jokes can grow dirtier as the night wears on, and a deal can look dirtier the closer you examine it.
The campaign got dirtier in its final weeks.
His jokes grew dirtier as the night went on.
dirtier is a form of dirty
dirty, adjective: Covered with or containing dirt, grime, or other unpleasant matter. Full entry
- Spelling
- dirty → dirtier: change y to i, add -er
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