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/fˈɪlθɪnəs/
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NOUN
- a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
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moral corruption or pollution
this deformity and filthiness of sin
How To Use filthiness In A Sentence
- Then the real fun and filthiness began, with a mud hill, a mud-based obstacle course, a "carwash" foam tunnel and a long, watery pit with flags hovering above that racers had to crawl through. The Orange County Register - Homepage
- 13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
- First, Methods and means of reformation had been tried in vain (v. 13): In thy filthiness is lewdness; thou hast become obstinate and impudent in it; thou hast got a habit of it, which is confirmed by frequent acts. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
- It is he that makes the sinner see all the deformity and filthiness that is within; it is he that pulleth off all the sinner's rags, and makes him see his naked and wretched condition; it is he that shows us the blindness of the mind, the stubbornness of the will, the disorderedness of the affections, the searedness of the conscience, the plague of our hearts, and the sin of our natures, and therein the desperateness of our state. The Almost Christian Discovered; or, the False Professor Tried and Cast.
- Some shall rise to the everlasting burnings of God; for God dwells in everlasting burnings and some shall rise to the damnation of their own filthiness, which is as exquisite a torment as the lake of fire and brimstone. Latest Articles
- Re 22: 15; Mt 7: 6; Tit 1: 15, 16): "dogs" in filthiness, unchastity, and snarling (De 23: 18; Ps 59: 6, 14, 15; 2Pe 2: 22): especially "enemies of the cross of Christ" (Php 3: 18; Ps 22: 16, 20). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
- The dirt and the filthiness of the city and its open drains nauseate her.
- Apocalypse, holiness and filthiness would not be spoken of abstractedly, that is, apart from holy and _filthy_ persons, and in like manner righteousness and unrighteousness would not be mentioned apart from their necessary {117} antecedents, _personal_ righteous and unrighteous _deeds_. An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality
- The dirt and the filthiness of the city and its open drains nauseate her.
- Latin speech, and the _veray_ Roman tongue, which in the time of Tully and Sallust and Virgil and Terence was used -- I say that filthiness, and all such abusion, which the later blind world brought in, which more rather may be called Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance