SMUTTY Synonyms: 227 Similar and Opposite Words

smutty

adjective

ˈsmə-tē

Definition of smutty

as in pornographic

depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society the movie was rated R because of some nude scenes and smutty dialogue

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as in filthy

not clean a street urchin with a smutty face

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Recent Examples of smutty Moments of physical intimacy between his protagonists are often relayed in rigid and frustratingly inexpressive language, which occasionally veers into the tiringly smutty. — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026 There's no shame in admitting that one of the draws of HBO has always been the somewhat smutty stuff, and new French-language drama The Seduction looks to deliver on that. — PC Magazine, 14 Nov. 2025 On apps like Quinn and Dipsea (among a growing number of others), people can listen to spicy, sexy, smutty stories all day long. — Jodi McAlister, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025 Hoping to better understand the demand for smutty scares, Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Reville (Olivia Williams), spend an interminable evening at the theater surrounded by people throwing popcorn and making out while the topless woman onscreen is tortured and killed in a masked man’s dungeon. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for smutty

Recent Examples of Synonyms for smutty

Adjective

Current Florida law says a school district can review and remove a book after a complaint has been made that a book is pornographic, obscene or isn’t age appropriate.

— Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
The teacher admitted to having inappropriate conversations and sending pornographic videos to the former student.

— Christian Cervantes, AZCentral.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of pornographic

Adjective

Park advocates have long argued that the existing city allocation is inadequate, leaving neighborhoods with decaying recreation centers, deteriorating swimming pools and filthy park bathrooms.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Raman has promised to speed up housing construction, bring back entertainment industry jobs and improve services in a city known for filthy streets, gridlock and an unresponsive City Hall.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of filthy

Adjective

The public must contend head-on with a collapsing currency and runaway inflation, and to ordinary Iranians, describing the present situation as sustainable would sound almost obscene.

— Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2026
Current Florida law says a school district can review and remove a book after a complaint has been made that a book is pornographic, obscene or isn’t age appropriate.

— Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of obscene

Adjective

The woman's attorneys argued that the decision wrongly gives school officials wide latitude to squelch political speech based on their personal ideas of what is vulgar.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
There were fraternity brothers exchanging vulgar messages about the accuseron Snapchat, echoing what Willis says happened after she herself was assaulted in 2014.

— Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of vulgar

Adjective

Most mega-bestsellers of eras past are forgotten, and even the award winners that make their way into academic syllabi fade into dusty bibliography.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
This promo includes the very plush Russell storage bed in a bewitching dusty lilac velvet.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of dusty

Adjective

The New York Yankees were still reeling from a nasty gut punch — a 1-0 loss to the rival Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of the best-of-five American League Division Series at Tropicana Field on Saturday night.

— Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Frank Senior was a barber who dreamed of being a singer, a nasty cur who beat his two sons and verbally whittled them down to a nub.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of nasty

Adjective

At first the owner stared at him blankly, then flashed a look of distaste, as if a dirty rodent had brushed his foot.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Stephens and several teammates then appeared to taunt the Oregon players and celebrate the dirty play rather than show concern for a fellow college athlete who was lying motionless on the field.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of dirty

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