Dirty and Scrubbed

Dirty

Dirty adjective - Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime.
Usage example: dirty slums

Scrubbed is an antonym for dirty.

Nearby Words: dirt, dirtiness, dirtying, dirtily

Scrubbed

Scrubbed adjective - Made clean by scrubbing.

Dirty is an antonym for scrubbed in topics: cancel, clean with force.

Nearby Words: scrubby, scrubber, scrubbing

Both words in one sentence

  • The resistance on Caprica which consisted of handsome, well-scrubbed athletes fighting in beautiful irradiated pine forests, and the resistance on New Caprica which consisted of unshaven tent-dwellers fighting a dirty war of suicide bombers and no razor blades.
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