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View usage for: (grʌbi) Word forms: comparative grubbier, superlative grubbiest1. adjectiveA grubby person or object is rather dirty. His white coat was grubby and stained. ...kids with grubby faces. Synonyms: dirty, soiled, filthy, squalid More Synonyms of grubby 2. adjectiveIf you call an activity or someone's behaviour grubby, you mean that it is not completely honest or respectable. [disapproval] ...the grubby business of politics. grubby in British English (ˈɡrʌbɪ) adjectiveWord forms: -bier or -biest Derived forms grubbily (ˈgrubbily) adverb grubbiness (ˈgrubbiness) noun grubby in American English (ˈgrʌbi) adjectiveWord forms: ˈgrubbier or ˈgrubbiest1. infested with grubs, esp. with botfly larvae, as cattle or sheep 3. inferior, contemptible, mean, etc. Derived forms grubbily (ˈgrubbily) adverb grubbiness (ˈgrubbiness) noun Examples of 'grubby' in a sentencegrubby It was a grubby old hole then.Think what ranting about a grubby bathroom could get you.It gets a little bit grubby when people handle it.Enough about the grubby stuff of getting and spending.The first is grubby old politics.It was " rather a grubby business '.The star's appearance these days is grubby white.Make sure you wear clothes that you don't mind getting a bit grubby.We skipped this because we didn't want our shiny white trainers to get grubby.An extra 23 per cent on top of that just looks a bit grubby.Against a tropical backdrop, things get predictably grubby.This is not a designer who minds getting grubby; she did most of the herbaceous planting herself.Is this romantic or just a bit grubby?Although they have a rather grubby reputation, business has been thriving and this has been reflected in strong returns.His white shirt was grubby.It all got rather grubby.He held his pale, grubby hand out towards Janet with two twinkling things in it.The Conway saga is a sordid tale of grubby politics, naked greed and social ambition.It's stocky and grubby brown rather than elegant, yet still has a certain something.He considered Hollywood rather grubby.A grubby white wooden door led into the lounge, where a blue sofa had been pushed against the far wall.But music that's doubtless perfect for hot tropical nights loses something when transplanted to a grubby old English winter. British English: grubby ADJECTIVE A grubby person or object is rather dirty. His white coat was grubby and stained. - American English: grubby
- Brazilian Portuguese: encardido
- Chinese: 肮脏的
- European Spanish: mugriento
- French: crasseux
- German: schmuddelig
- Italian: sporco
- Japanese: 汚い
- Korean: 더러운
- European Portuguese: encardido
- Latin American Spanish: mugriento
Chinese translation of 'grubby' adj - (= dirty) [person, clothes]
肮脏(臟)的 (āngzāng de) - (= sordid) [business, tactics]
卑鄙的 (bēibǐ de)
Definition rather dirty His white coat was grubby and stained. Synonyms soiled unwashed grungy (slang) slovenly manky (Scottish, dialect) scuzzy (slang) skanky (slang) frowzy besmeared festy (Australian, slang) Additional synonymsHe always wore a filthy old jacket. Synonyms grimy, black, muddy, smoky, blackened, grubby, sooty, unwashed, mucky, scuzzy (slang, US), begrimed, skanky (slang), mud-encrusted, miry, festy (Australian, slang) Definition slovenly or unkempt in appearance Synonyms slovenly, dirty, messy, sloppy (informal), untidy, unwashed, unkempt, frumpy, blowsy, sluttish, slatternly, ungroomed, draggletailed (archaic) a grimy industrial city Synonyms dirty, polluted, filthy, soiled, foul, grubby, sooty, unclean, grotty (slang), smutty, scuzzy (slang), begrimed, skanky (slang), besmirched, besmeared, festy (Australian, slang) - growth
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- grub something up
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