Base
Base adjective - Not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency.
Usage example: a base and sneaky act that is a clear violation of international law
Dirty is a synonym for base in behaviour topic. In some cases you can use "Dirty" instead an adjective "Base", when it comes to topics like low, shameful.
Dirty
Dirty adjective - Not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency.
Usage example: accused the other campaign of playing dirty tricks
Base is a synonym for dirty in behaviour topic. Sometimes you can use "Base" instead an adjective "Dirty", if it concerns topics such as low, obscene, despicable, shameful.
Both words in one sentence
- Dirty Communists: The moon base project would have been successful if not for communists (and Jane Fonda).
Source: Webcomic / Sturgeon's Law -
Good Old Fisticuffs: Couture specializes in clinch-fighting, using dirty boxing and his Greco-Roman wrestling base to grind his opponents down.
Source: Creator / Randy Couture -
Dirty Coward: When Logan is set free by Jean and starts slaughtering the soldiers at Alkali Lake, Stryker loses his nerve and abandons his team to escape the base.
Source: Film / X-Men: Apocalypse
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Dirty and Base. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/base/dirty
Base & Dirty. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/base/dirty>.
Dirty or Base. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/base/dirty.
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