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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
CEFR level
C1

How it sounds

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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