different between polluting vs dirtiness
polluting
English
Verb
polluting
- present participle of pollute
Adjective
polluting (comparative more polluting, superlative most polluting)
- Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution.
References
- polluting in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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dirtiness
English
Etymology
dirty +? -ness
Noun
dirtiness (usually uncountable, plural dirtinesses)
- The state or quality of being dirty.
- 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, New York: P.F. Collier & Son, Chapter XI, section IV, p. 150, [1]
- Paul was distressingly clean, but Babbitt reveled in a good sound dirtiness, in not having to shave till his spirit was moved to it.
- 1948, Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country, New York: Scribner, 1987, Chapter 6,
- So they walked till they came to Claremont and Kumalo was shocked by its shabbiness and dirtiness, and the closeness of the houses, and the filth in the streets.
- 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, New York: P.F. Collier & Son, Chapter XI, section IV, p. 150, [1]
Synonyms
- filthiness
Translations
Anagrams
- disinsert, disinters
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- what does dirtiness meaning
- dirtiness meaning
- dirtiness definition
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