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- Dictionarygrimy/ˈɡrʌɪmi/
adjective
- 1. covered with or characterized by grime: "the grimy industrial city"
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adjective. uk / ˈɡraɪ.mi / us / ˈɡraɪ.mi / Add to word list. dirty: The child's face was grimy and streaked with tears. Synonyms. cruddy. dirty (NOT CLEAN) filthy (DIRTY) grubby. grungy informal. mucky informal. soiled. squalid (DIRTY) disapproving. unclean. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not clean. dirty This shirt is dirty.
: full of or covered with grime : dirty. griminess noun. Synonyms. bedraggled. befouled. begrimed. bemired. besmirched. blackened. cruddy. dingy. dirty. draggled. dusty. filthy. foul. grotty [ chiefly British] grubby. grungy. mucky. muddy. nasty. smudged. smutty. soiled. sordid. stained.
Grimy definition: covered with grime; dirty. See examples of GRIMY used in a sentence.
adjective. us / ˈɡraɪ.mi / uk / ˈɡraɪ.mi / Add to word list. dirty: The child's face was grimy and streaked with tears. Synonyms. cruddy. dirty (NOT CLEAN) filthy (DIRTY) grubby. grungy informal. mucky informal. soiled. squalid (DIRTY) disapproving. unclean. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not clean. dirty This shirt is dirty.
Something that is grimy is very dirty..... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Grimy things are so dirty that it takes some scrubbing to clean them. You'll probably feel pretty grimy after a day spent trying to fix the engine of an old car. When something is grimy, the dirt is ingrained or set in, not just on the surface.
Definition of grimy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
grimy - thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"
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Jun 30, 2024 · Adjective. [ edit] grimy ( comparative grimier, superlative grimiest) Stained or covered with grime . ( music) From the urban musical genre called grime . ( slang) Morally corrupt, malicious, vile, or selfish; base or dirty; rotten . When I was 18 I was grimy af. I wouldn't share my food with you even if you were starving and about to die.
