Correct
Correct adjective - Being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard.
Dirty
Dirty adjective - Depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society.
Usage example: some radio stations refused to play the song because of the dirty lyrics
Common collocations
| record | correct record | dirty record |
Both words in one sentence
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Dirty Coward: When Minitron returns to Steeljaw with only one stasis pod, Steeljaw's first (and correct) assumption is he encountered the Autobots, then ran away.
- Ironically, the Spacers consider Earth people as dirty, and are correct, as the Spacers have eliminated most communicable diseases and compared to them, Earth people are bags of disease and a danger to Spacers due to a mostly unused Spacer immune system.
Source: Dirty Foreigner - Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Matthew is viewed by many as this due to his uncommon (but correct) medical theories, such as washing one's hands frequently and not drinking dirty water.
Cite this Source
Dirty and Correct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/correct/dirty
Correct & Dirty. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/correct/dirty>.
Dirty or Correct. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/correct/dirty.
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