grungy
/ˈɡrʌn(d)ʒi
/adjective (grungier, grungiest)
1 informal Grimy; dirty: a dark and grungy basement...
- Ten people find themselves stranded at an old, grungy motel.
- The encounter is staged in a grungy bathroom stocked with brand-name cleaning and personal hygiene products.
- The 30 photographs depicting grungy Chicagoland hot dog stands were appropriately exhibited at City Gallery.
2Relating to or denoting a form of rock music characterized by a raucous guitar sound and lazy vocal delivery: grungy guitars and vocals...
- The guitars are dirty, brutal and almost grungy in places.
- The track has very heavy guitars and a great grungy feel.
- He mixes pure pop and grungy rock with odd, quirky experimentation.
2.1Relating to the fashion associated with grunge rock, including loose, layered clothing and ripped jeans: the downbeat, grungy look of the early 1990s...
- He is the rock star in all but name, wearing the same lank mane and trademark grungy threads.
- Evan seems to have it all - brains, grungy good looks, a girlfriend that turns heads on campus.
- It is a performance that marks something of a coming-of-age for the actor, who adopts an American accent and an altogether more grungy look.
Derivatives
grunginess
- When I got so disgusted with the stickiness and grunginess of my keyboard the other day, I decided to take action.
- It's because of this grunginess, this accepted fact that chips are a part of lowlife, that they can be served, with a touch of irony, in the poshest places.
- Central to the filmmaker's artistic licence are the habitually motionless displays of grunginess and despair.