Dirty and Laudable

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Dirty adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.

Usage example: laying off longtime employees was a dirty way for the company for reduce labor costs

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Laudable is an antonym for dirty.

Nearby Words: dirt, dirtiness, dirtying, dirtily

Laudable adjective - Deserving of high regard or great approval.

Usage example: you showed laudable restraint in dealing with that ridiculously demanding customer

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Dirty is an antonym for laudable.

Nearby Words: laud, laudation, lauded, laudatory, laudably

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Laudable and Dirty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dirty/laudable

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