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    grubby
    /ˈɡrʌbi/

    adjective

    • 1. covered with dirt; grimy: "the grubby face of a young boy"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGRUBBY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    GRUBBY definition: 1. dirty: 2. If you describe an activity or someone's behaviour as grubby, you do not think that…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › grubbyGrubby Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of GRUBBY is infested with fly maggots. How to use grubby in a sentence.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGRUBBY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    GRUBBY meaning: 1. dirty: 2. If you describe an activity or someone's behaviour as grubby, you do not think that…. Learn more.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishGRUBBY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you call an activity or someone's behaviour grubby, you mean that it is not completely honest or respectable. [ disapproval ] ...the grubby business of politics.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › grubbyGrubby - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    Grubby things are really dirty, like your little sister's grubby hands after she's spent an afternoon making mud pies. Have you ever seen a little kid eat a chocolate ice cream cone on a hot day? Picture the kid's face covered in chocolate and you'll have a good idea of what grubby means!

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitiongrubby adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    unpleasant because it involves activities that are not honest or moral synonym sordid. Definition of grubby adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › grubbyGrubby - definition of grubby by The Free Dictionary

    Define grubby. grubby synonyms, grubby pronunciation, grubby translation, English dictionary definition of grubby. adj. grub·bi·er , grub·bi·est 1. Dirty; grimy: grubby old work clothes. See Synonyms at dirty. 2. Infested with grubs. 3. Contemptible; despicable: has a...

  9. www.yourdictionary.com › grubbyGrubby Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

    Dirty; messy; untidy. Infested with grubs, esp. with botfly larvae, as cattle or sheep. (US, dialect) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin. He reached for her with a grubby hand, looked at it, and dropped it. Spaceports on podunk planets are suitably grubby. Long pants or grubby clothes weren't necessary, as Dean had no intention of entering the mine.

  10. www.oed.com › dictionary › grubby_adjgrubby, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    The earliest known use of the adjective grubby is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for grubby is from 1611, in the writing of Randle Cotgrave, lexicographer. grubby is formed within English, by derivation.

  11. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › grubbygrubby - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Oct 25, 2024 · grubby (comparative grubbier, superlative grubbiest) Dirty, unwashed, unclean. He's a grubby little boy, always playing around by the stream. (figurative) Disreputable, sordid.