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grungy
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Word definitions for grungy in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen" [syn: begrimed , dingy , grimy , grubby , raunchy ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"sloppy, shabby," 1965, American English slang, perhaps a blend of grubby and dingy .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 dirty; shabby; in disrepair. 2 Of or relating to grunge music.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
grungy \grungy\ adj. thickily covered with ingrained dirt or soot; as, a grungy kitchen. Syn: begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby.
Usage examples of grungy.
Stenner sat talking to Bollinger, a grungy redhead with bad teeth and a worse attitude.
Wrinkled, grungy black T-shirt that satiny FILM SCHOOL with a clapsticks logo on the back.
A short time later, wearing his grungiest T-shirt, shorts, and work boots, he took the flats to the front yard and began to plant.
The old fiberglass pallets, roofed for the moment under Sandy's grungy chickenhouse, groaned under their loads.
Dressed, made-up, even bedecked with jewelry, she looked so fine that had she not been well-known around the grungier end of the spaceport, she most certainly would have been mugged.
She was sweaty and sticky in her uniform and wondered how much grungier she would get.