offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter:
the filth dumped into our rivers.
2.
foul condition:
to live in filth.
3.
moral impurity, corruption, or obscenity.
4.
vulgar or obscene language or thought.
Origin
before 1000;Middle English;Old Englishfȳlth. See foul, -th1
Examples from the web for filth
Some children are mired in filth, dirt permanently clinging to their skin.
They're crowded into feedlots where they wallow in their own filth as they are larded up with saturated fat.
It's about the filth it promotes as if it's acceptable behavior.
His blood was bright against the crusting filth on his fingers.
The contempt she feels for the greed, filth and viciousness that she encounters is all the more compelling for being understated.
The flagstones are sticky with filth, and the red double-decker racetrack mere inches away.
Soon, though, maybe we'll be the ones taking advantage of their fondness for filth.
Underneath its filth and grossness one catches a glimpse of utter tragedy.
And you power powers behind what filth deals consummated in what lavatory to take what is not yours.
The end use product is contained in a trap that, when placed on the support mechanism, attracts and traps filth flies.
British Dictionary definitions for filth
filth
/fɪlθ/
noun
1.
foul or disgusting dirt; refuse
2.
extreme physical or moral uncleanliness; pollution
3.
vulgarity or obscenity, as in language
4.
(derogatory, slang) the filth, the police
Word Origin
Old English fӯlth; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fūlitha; see foul, defile
Word Origin and History for filth
n.
Old English fylð "uncleanness, impurity," from Proto-Germanic *fulitho (cf. Old Saxon fulitha "foulness, filth," Dutch vuilte, Old High German fulida), noun derivative of *fulo- "foul" (see foul (adj.)). A classic case of i-mutation.