filthiest

English

Adjective

filthiest

  1. superlative form of filthy: most filthy
    • 1957 May, Neil Caplan, “Railways in English Fiction”, in Railway Magazine, page 350:
      Tunnels often feature in fictional journeys, so I will end with quotations from a fairly recent novel, Howard Spring's "Fame is the Spur", published in 1940, in which there is a journey from Manchester to Bradford via the Calder Valley route: "Ay, we're going through Todmorden. We'll soon be in t' tunnel, and when we get to t' other end we'll be in Yorkshire," and "Ah think this is t' filthiest tunnel in t' world."
    • 2022 November 16, Nigel Harris, “Endless news... little context”, in RAIL, number 970, page 3:
      Otherwise, overseas coking coal will be moved to the UK by bulk ocean carrier, which are among the filthiest polluting objects on the face of the Earth we seek to protect.
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