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grubby

adjective noun

thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
G
Ends with
Y
Contains
RU
Scrabble score
14
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

ɡɹʌbi

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Definitions

adjective

  1. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

    “a miner's begrimed face”

adjective

  1. infested with grubs

noun

  1. small sculpin of the coast of New England

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Example Sentences

a miner's begrimed face
dingy linen
grimy hands
grubby little fingers
a grungy kitchen

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