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grubby grubby /ˈɡrʌb.i/ adjective
1 F0 INFORMAL dirty: » He was wearing some old shorts and a grubby T-shirt.» Don't wipe your grubby hands on my clean towel!Thesaurus+: ↑Dirty and untidy2 F0 DISAPPROVING If you describe an activity or someone's behaviour as grubby, you do not think that it is honest, fair, or acceptable: » She sees the business of making money as just grubby opportunism.» He doesn't want this story to get into the grubby hands of the tabloid press (= to be obtained by newspapers who are not honest and fair).Thesaurus+: ↑Humiliating and degrading |