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Aramahosi Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Filthy VS dirty
"What incompetent, unorganized, filthy, dirty creatures!"
Until I found the line, I thought filthy and dirty has the same meaning but the meaning might be a bit different because they are used in the same sentence at the same time. If so, what kind of difference does they have? Or it's just a redundancy to give a emphasis? Thanks in advance!
The line is quoted from 4:21 of the following cartoon
Until I found the line, I thought filthy and dirty has the same meaning but the meaning might be a bit different because they are used in the same sentence at the same time. If so, what kind of difference does they have? Or it's just a redundancy to give a emphasis? Thanks in advance!
The line is quoted from 4:21 of the following cartoon
Top answer
Dirty is unclean. Filthy is even more unclean, and filthy dirty is exceptionally unclean.
- Dirty is unclean.
- Filthy is even more unclean, and filthy dirty is exceptionally unclean.
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Dirty is unclean.
Filthy is even more unclean, and filthy dirty is exceptionally unclean.
Filthy is even more unclean, and filthy dirty is exceptionally unclean.
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aramahosiI thought filthy and dirty has the same meaning but the meaning might be a bit different because they are used in the same sentence at the same time.filthy is even dirtier than dirty!
Combinations like this, which are at least partially redundant, are occasionally used to make a statement more forceful, but I wouldn't make a ha
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