filth
/fɪlθ/noun
उच्चारण फ़िल्थ
गंदगी, मैल
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any very dirty and unpleasant substance
गंदगी, मैल
- The drains were full of filth.
- Stray animals gathered around the filth near the vegetable market.
- Children were playing in the filth beside the railway track.
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- The workers cleared years of filth from the old well.
- She could not bear the filth in the unwashed kitchen.
Synonyms dirt muck grime squalor sewage
Opposite cleanliness purity hygiene
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words, magazines that are connected with sex and that are considered very rude and offensive
अश्लीलता
- They banned the filth on the website.
- Parents want the government to keep online filth away from young children.
- The editor refused to print such filth in the newspaper.
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- Schools should teach children how to avoid filth on the internet.
- He complained that television was full of filth late at night.
Synonyms obscenity indecency smut vulgarity
Opposite decency
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
filth (uncountable)
Filth is uncountable, so it has no plural and takes a singular verb.
'Filth' uncountable है, इसलिए इसका plural नहीं बनता और singular verb आती है।
- The filth in the drain caused a bad smell.
- Filth was piled up outside the market.
filth of + place / source
Use of or from to show where the dirt comes from, or in to show where it lies.
गंदगी कहाँ से आती है यह बताने के लिए 'of' या 'from', और कहाँ पड़ी है यह बताने के लिए 'in' आता है।
- Children played in the filth of the open street.
filth = offensive language or material
Figuratively, filth is rude or obscene words or pictures, often used to show strong disapproval.
अलंकारिक अर्थ में 'filth' अश्लील या अभद्र शब्द या चित्र हैं, जिनके प्रति कड़ी नाराज़गी दिखाने के लिए इसका प्रयोग होता है।
- Parents asked the cable operator to stop showing such filth.
filthy (adjective) and filth (noun)
Filthy is the adjective: a filthy room; filth is the noun for the dirt itself.
'Filthy' adjective है: a filthy room; 'filth' स्वयं गंदगी के लिए संज्ञा है।
- The filthy kitchen was full of filth and flies.
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verb + filth
clean upwallow inremoveclearwash away
- Volunteers cleared the filth from the riverbank.
adjective + filth
disgustinghumanstreetsheerstinking
- The stinking filth beside the railway line spread disease.
filth + preposition
infromofamongwith
- The pigeons lived among the filth of the old building.
filth + noun (figurative)
magazinetalklanguagewebsitefilm
- The authorities banned the filth magazine.
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- The floods left a layer of filth in every house.
बाढ़ ने हर घर में गंदगी की एक परत छोड़ दी।
- The sweeper cleared the filth from the drain.
सफ़ाईकर्मी ने नाले से गंदगी साफ़ की।
- Living in such filth makes children fall ill.
ऐसी गंदगी में रहने से बच्चे बीमार पड़ जाते हैं।
- He was punished for shouting filth at the umpire.
अंपायर पर गंदी बातें चिल्लाने के लिए उसे दंड दिया गया।
- She washed the filth off her shoes at the door.
उसने दरवाज़े पर जूतों से गंदगी धो दी।
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✗ There were many filths on the road.
✓ There was a lot of filth on the road.
Filth is uncountable, so it has no plural form and cannot take many.
'Filth' uncountable है, इसलिए इसका plural रूप नहीं होता और इसके साथ many नहीं लगता।
✗ The room was full of filthy.
✓ The room was full of filth.
After a preposition, a noun is needed; filthy is an adjective.
Preposition के बाद संज्ञा चाहिए; 'filthy' adjective है, इसलिए 'filth' लिखें।
✗ The street was filth.
✓ The street was filthy.
To describe the street, use the adjective filthy, not the noun.
सड़क का वर्णन करने के लिए adjective 'filthy' आता है, संज्ञा 'filth' नहीं।
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep the dirt words together: filth, dirt, grime (dirt on a surface), squalor (dirty and unpleasant living conditions), muck (informal, dirt or mud).
गंदगी के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: filth, dirt, grime (सतह पर जमी मैल), squalor (गंदी और अप्रिय रहने की स्थितियाँ), muck (अनौपचारिक, गंदगी या कीचड़)।
§Grammar and usage
The adjective filthy means very dirty or very rude; filthy rich (informal) means extremely rich.
Adjective filthy का अर्थ बहुत गंदा या बहुत अशिष्ट है; filthy rich (अनौपचारिक) का अर्थ अत्यंत धनी है।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
The Swachh Bharat Mission (launched on 2 October 2014) aims to make India clean and free from open defecation.
स्वच्छ भारत मिशन (2 अक्टूबर 2014 को शुरू) भारत को स्वच्छ और खुले में शौच से मुक्त बनाने का लक्ष्य रखता है।