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filth
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filth
(noun)
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filth
/
ˈ
fɪlθ/
noun
filth
/
ˈ
fɪlθ/
noun
Learner's definition of FILTH
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noncount
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1
:
a large and very unpleasant amount of dirt
He emerged from the cellar covered in
filth
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very dirty conditions
the
filth
of the slaughterhouse
living in
filth
and squalor
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something that is very offensive or disgusting and often is about sex
magazines full of
filth
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