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单词 grody
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Definition of grody in English:

grody

adjective ˈɡrəʊdiˈɡrōdē
US informal
  • Very unpleasant; disgusting.

    an old man with grody yellow teeth
    by itself, buttermilk tastes pretty grody
    think of those 80s pics of everyone in denim—grody to the max!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Scoop potting soil, grody stuff that you don't want to touch, with a clean used takeout container.
    • I look so grungy and grody tonight.
    • It'll help keep bacteria, dirt, and other grody stuff from contaminating your gym bag.
    • It's nice to be in a clean place, without that grody hospital smell.
    • Did he smell grody?
    • You can shop at the mall like a Valley Girl, but those plastic bags are grody to the max!
    • Bringing the Ex was extraordinarily tacky, but narrowly/technically legal; her not warning you in the first place was especially grody.
    • He had some good songs early on, then became a caricature of himself, complete with grody flip-flops, bad margaritas, and an zinc-oxided nose.
    • Now, I can deal with just about anything that happens (my three years at the animal hospital also gave me a fair bit of exposure to some grody stuff), but barf always makes me gag.
    • Repairs on the shower took quite some time, which made me feel frustrated and grody.

Origin

1960s (as groaty): from grotesque.

 
 

Definition of grody in US English:

grody

adjectiveˈɡrōdē
US informal
  • Very unpleasant; disgusting.

    an old man with grody yellow teeth
    by itself, buttermilk tastes pretty grody
    think of those 80s pics of everyone in denim—grody to the max!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's nice to be in a clean place, without that grody hospital smell.
    • He had some good songs early on, then became a caricature of himself, complete with grody flip-flops, bad margaritas, and an zinc-oxided nose.
    • Did he smell grody?
    • Bringing the Ex was extraordinarily tacky, but narrowly/technically legal; her not warning you in the first place was especially grody.
    • Now, I can deal with just about anything that happens (my three years at the animal hospital also gave me a fair bit of exposure to some grody stuff), but barf always makes me gag.
    • It'll help keep bacteria, dirt, and other grody stuff from contaminating your gym bag.
    • You can shop at the mall like a Valley Girl, but those plastic bags are grody to the max!
    • Scoop potting soil, grody stuff that you don't want to touch, with a clean used takeout container.
    • Repairs on the shower took quite some time, which made me feel frustrated and grody.
    • I look so grungy and grody tonight.

Origin

1960s (as groaty): from grotesque.

 
 
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