down-and-dirty
adjective /ˌdaʊn.əndˈdɜː.ti/
/-dɝː.t̬i/ US informalDefinition
› down-and-dirty behaviour is not pleasant or honest: a down-and-dirty political campaignDishonest › something that is down-and-dirty is shocking, often because it is connected with sex: He likes his films down-and-dirty.Relating to sex and sexual desireRude and cheeky
(Definition of down-and-dirty adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Cheating & tricking
- Dishonest people
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- Faking & pretending
- Honesty, openness & sincerity
- Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- Loyal, faithful & dependable
- Naive & trusting
- Plotting & trapping
- Praising insincerely or too eagerly
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Synonyms and related words:
- be rotten to the core idiom
- be up to no good idiom
- bent adjective (DISHONEST)
- cowboy noun (DISHONEST PERSON)
- crooked adjective (CRIMINAL)
- dodgy adjective (NOT HONEST)
- dubious adjective
- false adjective (NOT TRUE)
- finagle verb
- fishy adjective (DISHONEST)
- fly-by-night adjective
- improper adjective (DISHONEST)
- malfeasance noun
- mendacious adjective
- misleading adjective
- shabby adjective (NOT FAIR)
- sham adjective
- unscrupulous adjective
- unsporting adjective
- weasel out of sth phrasal verb
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Dishonest
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