smutty

adjective

smut·​ty ˈsmə-tē How to pronounce smutty (audio)
smuttier; smuttiest
1
: soiled or tainted with smut
especially : affected with smut fungus
2
: obscene, indecent
a smutty joke
3
: resembling smut in appearance : sooty
smuttily adverb
smuttiness noun

Examples of smutty in a Sentence

the movie was rated R because of some nude scenes and smutty dialogue a street urchin with a smutty face
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Are any of these turns worth sitting through nine hours of smutty true crime recreations? Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2024 Novelist Emily Gould writes about the new genre of smutty books for The Cut. Alexi McCammond, Washington Post, 25 June 2024 Has Colin been writing smutty real-person fic about his siblings under the pen name Julia Quinn? Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 16 May 2024 Neither prudish nor, for the most part, smutty, the love scenes come straight out of middle-of-the-road romance novels. Judy Berman, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for smutty 

Word History

First Known Use

1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of smutty was in 1597

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“Smutty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smutty. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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smutty

adjective
smut·​ty ˈsmət-ē How to pronounce smutty (audio)
smuttier; smuttiest
1
: soiled or tainted with smut
a smutty face
2
: affected with smut fungus
smutty plants
3
: obscene sense 2, indecent
smutty jokes
smuttily adverb
smuttiness noun

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