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单词 grotty
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grotty

(grɒti)
Word forms: comparative grottier, superlative grottiest
adjective
If you describe something as grotty, you mean that it is unpleasant or of poor quality and you dislike it strongly.
[British, informal, disapproval]
...a grotty little flat in Camden.

grotty in British English

(ˈɡrɒtɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: -tier or -tiest British slang
1. 
unpleasant, nasty, or unattractive
2. 
of poor quality or in bad condition; unsatisfactory or useless
Word origin
C20: from grotesque

grotty in American English

(ˈgrɑti)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈgrottier or ˈgrottiest
Chiefly British, Slang
dirty, cheap, nasty, disgusting, etc.
a generalized term of disapproval
Word origin
< grotesque + -y2

Examples of 'grotty' in a sentence
grotty

She spends all her time at their grotty flat.
The Sun (2012)
She just finds another grotty flat.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Workers get a property, almost always a grotty flat.
The Sun (2012)
Cheap and quick to build - and better than a grotty bedsit!
The Sun (2015)
You invented it, you grotty little man!
The Sun (2016)
And this was a nice change from where we would normally be, in a grotty rehearsal room.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Because her grotty Paddington flat is dimly lit, he thinks she is better looking than she really is.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But lest anyone though he had been rewarded too much, he's now stuck in a grotty bedsit facing years on the waiting list for a council home.
The Sun (2010)
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