filth

[ filth ]

/ fɪlθ /

offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter: the filth dumped into our rivers.

foul condition: to live in filth.

moral impurity, corruption, or obscenity.

vulgar or obscene language or thought.

Origin of filth

before 1000; Middle English; Old English fȳlth. See foul, -th¹

With the money came the filth, and the contemptuous lewdness you see in the film are based on actual claims in the book.

The Real Wolf of Wall Street: Jordan Belfort’s Vulgar Memoirs |Jimmy So |December 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
That night, I dreamed of a square, three-story, concrete building that was dark and dingy with filth, dust, and cobwebs.

A Brigham Young University Professor’s Escape from Mormonism |Lynn K. Wilder |October 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Adapted from a book by the same author, Filth has arrived with an identical swagger.

The Movie ‘Filth’ Is Fun! |Nico Hines |October 1, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He tried to peddle this filth all over Washington, but not one member of Congress or one member of the press corps would touch it.

Tim Weiner: Shadows of J. Edgar Hoover in the Petraeus Affair |Tim Weiner |November 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

The head of the BBC Trust, the former governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, described the allegations as a “tsunami of filth.”

BBC Scandal Blows Up as Director George Entwistle Resigns |Peter Jukes |November 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
This is the filth the German paper was not ashamed to print.

Georges Guynemer |Henry Bordeaux
And there ought to be plenty in the house—but there's poverty and filth in every corner.

Pelle the Conqueror, Complete |Martin Anderson Nexo
These children then filled the ears of their comrades with filth.

Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth |George Brandes
I hardly recognized him, he was so frightfully covered with filth and dirt and creeping things.

When Knighthood Was in Flower |Charles Major
Their wells polluted with garbage and filth; in some cases deliberately poisoned, in others totally destroyed by dynamite.

How I Filmed the War |Lieut. Geoffrey H. Malins

filth

/ (fɪlθ) /

foul or disgusting dirt; refuse

extreme physical or moral uncleanliness; pollution

vulgarity or obscenity, as in language

the filth derogatory, slang the police

Old English fӯlth; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fūlitha; see foul, defile