W: (adj) dirty [Related to: dirt] (spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination) "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout"
W: (adj) dirty [Related to: dirt] (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime) "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
W: (adj) filthy [Related to: filth] (disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter) "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"
W: (adj) grimy [Related to: grime] (thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot) "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"
W: (v) grime [Related to: grime] (make soiled, filthy, or dirty) "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
W: (v) soil [Related to: soil] (make soiled, filthy, or dirty) "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
W: (v) stain [Related to: stain] (produce or leave stains) "Red wine stains the table cloth"
W: (v) grease [Related to: grease] (lubricate with grease) "grease the wheels"
W: (adj) grungy [Related to: grunge] (thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot) "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"
S: (n) mark, stigma, brand, stain (a symbol of disgrace or infamy) "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
S: (n) blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain (an act that brings discredit to the person who does it) "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
Verb
S: (v) stain (color with a liquid dye or tint) "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages"
S: (v) stain (produce or leave stains) "Red wine stains the table cloth"
S: (v) tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile (make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically) "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
S: (v) stain (color for microscopic study) "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"