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grubby

(grʌbi)
Word forms: comparative grubbier, superlative grubbiest
1. adjective
A 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. adjective
If 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
1. 
dirty; slovenly
2. 
mean; beggarly
3. 
infested with grubs
Derived forms
grubbily (ˈgrubbily)
adverb
grubbiness (ˈgrubbiness)
noun

grubby in American English

(ˈgrʌbi)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈgrubbier or ˈgrubbiest
1. 
infested with grubs, esp. with botfly larvae, as cattle or sheep
2. 
dirty; messy; untidy
3. 
inferior, contemptible, mean, etc.
Derived forms
grubbily (ˈgrubbily)
adverb
grubbiness (ˈgrubbiness)
noun

Examples of 'grubby' in a sentence
grubby

It was a grubby old hole then.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Think what ranting about a grubby bathroom could get you.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It gets a little bit grubby when people handle it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Enough about the grubby stuff of getting and spending.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The first is grubby old politics.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was " rather a grubby business '.
Simon Ball THE GUARDSMEN (2004)
The star's appearance these days is grubby white.
The Sun (2009)
Make sure you wear clothes that you don't mind getting a bit grubby.
The Sun (2015)
We skipped this because we didn't want our shiny white trainers to get grubby.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
An extra 23 per cent on top of that just looks a bit grubby.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Against a tropical backdrop, things get predictably grubby.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This is not a designer who minds getting grubby; she did most of the herbaceous planting herself.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Is this romantic or just a bit grubby?
The Sun (2013)
Although they have a rather grubby reputation, business has been thriving and this has been reflected in strong returns.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
His white shirt was grubby.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It all got rather grubby.
The Sun (2015)
He held his pale, grubby hand out towards Janet with two twinkling things in it.
Diana Wynne Jones CHARMED LIFE (1977)
The Conway saga is a sordid tale of grubby politics, naked greed and social ambition.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It's stocky and grubby brown rather than elegant, yet still has a certain something.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He considered Hollywood rather grubby.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A grubby white wooden door led into the lounge, where a blue sofa had been pushed against the far wall.
The Sun (2008)
But music that's doubtless perfect for hot tropical nights loses something when transplanted to a grubby old English winter.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

In other languages
grubby

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'

grubby

(ˈɡrʌbɪ)

adj

  1. (= dirty) [person, clothes] 肮脏(臟)的 (āngzāng de)
  2. (= sordid) [business, tactics] 卑鄙的 (bēibǐ de)
(adjective) 
Definition
rather dirty
His white coat was grubby and stained.
Synonyms
dirty
The woman had matted hair and dirty fingernails.
soiled
filthy
He always wore a filthy old jacket.
squalid
The migrants have been living in squalid conditions.
messy
The work tends to be messy, so wear old clothes.
shabby
a rather shabby Naples hotel
seedy
a seedy hotel
scruffy
a young man, pale, scruffy and untidy
sordid
the attic windows of their sordid little rooms
untidy
a thin man with untidy hair
grimy
a grimy industrial city
unwashed
unkempt
The child was unkempt and dirty.
mucky
The design means that you can't see the odd mucky mark.
smutty
She said she detested smutty jokes.
grungy (slang)
slovenly
manky (Scottish, dialect)
scuzzy (slang)
skanky (slang)
scungy (Australian, New Zealand)
He was living in some scungy flat on the outskirts of town.
frowzy
besmeared
festy (Australian, slang)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of filthy
He 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)
in the sense of frowzy
Definition
slovenly or unkempt in appearance
Synonyms
slovenly,
dirty,
messy,
sloppy (informal),
untidy,
unwashed,
unkempt,
frumpy,
blowsy,
sluttish,
slatternly,
ungroomed,
draggletailed (archaic)
in the sense of grimy
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)

Nearby words of
grubby

  • growth
  • grub
  • grub something up
  • grubby
  • grudge
  • grudging
  • gruelling

Synonyms of 'grubby'

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