FILTHINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does filthiness mean? 

• FILTHINESS (noun)
  The noun FILTHINESS has 2 senses:

1. a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse

2. moral corruption or pollution

  Familiarity information: FILTHINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FILTHINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

filth; filthiness; foulness; nastiness

Hypernyms ("filthiness" is a kind of...):

unsanitariness (a state that is not conducive to health)

Derivation:

filthy (disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Moral corruption or pollution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

this deformity and filthiness of sin

Hypernyms ("filthiness" is a kind of...):

nefariousness; ugliness; vileness; wickedness (the quality of being wicked)

Derivation:

filthy (characterized by obscenity)

filthy (vile; despicable)