Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

immundicity†; impurity &c 961 [of mind]. defilement, contamination &c v.; defoedation†; soilure†, soiliness†; abomination; leaven; taint, tainture†; fetor &c 401 [Obs.]. decay; putrescence, putrefaction; corruption; mold, must, mildew, dry rot, mucor, rubigo†. slovenry†; slovenliness &c adj.; squalor. dowdy, drab, slut, malkin†, slattern, sloven, slammerkin†, slammock†, slummock†, scrub, draggle-tail, mudlark†, dust-man, sweep; beast. dirt, filth, soil, slop; dust, cobweb, flue; smoke, soot, smudge, smut, grit, grime, raff†; sossle†, sozzle†. sordes†, dregs, grounds, lees; argol†; sediment, settlement heeltap†; dross, drossiness†; mother†, precipitate, scoriae, ashes, cinders. recrement†, slag; scum, froth. hogwash; ditchwater†, dishwater, bilgewater†; rinsings, cheeseparings; sweepings &c (useless refuse) 645; offscourings†, outscourings†; off scum; caput mortuum [Lat.], residuum, sprue, fecula [Lat.], clinker, draff†; scurf, scurfiness†; exuviae [Lat.], morphea; fur, furfur†; dandruff, tartar. riffraff; vermin, louse, flea, bug, chinch†. mud, mire, quagmire, alluvium, silt, sludge, slime, slush, slosh, sposh [U.S.]. spawn, offal, gurry [U.S.]; lientery†; garbage, carrion; excreta &c 299; slough, peccant humor, pus, matter, suppuration, lienteria†; faeces, feces, excrement, ordure, dung, crap [Vulg.], shit [Vulg.]; sewage, sewerage; muck; coprolite; guano, manure, compost. dunghill, colluvies†, mixen†, midden, bog, laystall†, sink, privy, jakes; toilet, john, head; cess†, cesspool; sump, sough, cloaca, latrines, drain, sewer, common sewer; Cloacina; dust hole. sty, pigsty, lair, den, Augean stable†, sink of corruption; slum, rookery. V. be unclean, become unclean &c adj.; rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek; stink &c 401; mold, molder; go bad &c adj.. render unclean &c adj.; dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch†, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease†; dabble, drabble†, draggle, daggle†; spatter, slubber; besmear &c, bemire, beslime†, begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain†, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt &c (injure) 659; cover with dust &c n.; drabble in the mud†; roil. wallow in the mire; slobber, slabber†. Adj. dirty, filthy, grimy; unclean, impure; soiled &c v.; not to be handled with kid gloves; dusty, snuffy†, smutty, sooty, smoky; thick, turbid, dreggy; slimy; mussy [U.S.]. slovenly, untidy, messy, uncleanly. [of people] unkempt, sluttish, dowdy, draggle-tailed; uncombed. unscoured†, unswept†, unwiped†, unwashed, unstrained, unpurified†; squalid; lutose†, slammocky†, slummocky†, sozzly†. nasty, coarse, foul, offensive, abominable, beastly, reeky, reechy†; fetid &c 401. [of rotting living matter] decayed, moldy, musty, mildewed, rusty, moth-eaten, mucid†, rancid, weak, bad, gone bad, etercoral†, lentiginous†, touched, fusty, effete, reasty†, rotten, corrupt, tainted, high, flyblown, maggoty; putrid, putrefactive, putrescent, putrefied; saprogenic, saprogenous†; purulent, carious, peccant; fecal, feculent; stercoraceous†, excrementitious†; scurfy, scurvy, impetiginous†; gory, bloody; rotting &c v.; rotten as a pear, rotten as cheese. crapulous &c (intemperate) 954 [Obs.]; gross &c (impure in mind) 961; fimetarious†, fimicolous†. Phr. they that touch pitch will be defiled [Much Ado About Nothing].