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Extremely unpleasant
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grotty
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Word definitions for grotty in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Either that, or like amateur actors of no great talent taking part in some grotty costume play. ▪ It was a grotty kettle, choked with lime on the inside and all its shine gone on the outside. ▪ People who live near a corner ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
slang shortening of grotesque , it had a brief vogue 1964 as part of the argot popularized by The Beatles in "A Hard Day's Night." It unconsciously echoes Middle English groti "muddy, slimy," from Old English grotig "earthy," from grot "particle."
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context slang British Canada Australia NZ English) unpleasant, dirty, slovenly or offensive
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. very unpleasant or offensive ; "a grotty little play" [also: grottiest , grottier ]
Usage examples of grotty.
Later she married this Shaw chappie and went to live on some grotty little island in the western ocean.
One of the grotty traders on the Quallheim, little more than a bodged-together raft.
Combined with the jog home from the beach, this activity left her grottier than young Patti Smith's armpits.
Sinkiang lies north of the Himalayas, north of Tibet, and borders on Afghanistan and some of the grottier bits of the Soviet Union.