dirtbag

noun

dirt·​bag ˈdərt-ˌbag 

slang

: a dirty, unkempt, or contemptible person

Synonyms

• bastard
• beast
• bleeder [British]
• blighter [chiefly British]
• boor
• bounder
• bugger
• buzzard
• cad
• chuff
• churl
• clown
• creep
• cretin
• crud [slang]
• crumb [slang]
• cur
• dog
• fink
• heel
• hound
• jerk
• joker
• louse
• lout
• pill
• rat
• rat fink
• reptile
• rotter
• schmuck [slang]
• scum
• scumbag [slang]
• scuzzball [slang]
• skunk
• sleaze
• sleazebag [slang]
• sleazeball [slang]
• slime
• slimeball [slang]
• slob
• snake
• so-and-so
• sod [chiefly British]
• stinkard
• stinker
• swine
• toad
• varmint
• vermin

Examples of dirtbag in a Sentence

forgetting my birthday was the final straw—I had to dump the dirtbag

Recent Examples on the Web

One of his points was that Jackson's richest residents cosplay dirtbags, filling the closets of their second homes with Carhartts and flannel shirts to strut around in. —Outside Online, 18 Dec. 2024

Maybe that’s why the husband figure (Scoot McNairy) is portrayed as a dirtbag. —Armond White, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024

Big Thing 1: Andy is a cheating dirtbag who, by the end of the hour, is on his way out of Kristen’s life. —Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 1 Aug. 2024

The setting is familiar enough: rural Texas farmland, a creepy old couple, charming dirtbags secretly shooting a dirty movie. —Dennis Perkins and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 5 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1967, in the meaning defined above