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grubby

2 syllables · also grubbier, grubbiest
adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, grubby means dirty, unwashed, unclean. As a noun, it means any species of Cottus.

Meanings of grubby

7 meanings

adjective

  1. Dirty, unwashed, unclean.

    “He's a grubby little boy, always playing around by the stream.”

  2. figurativeDisreputable, sordid.

  3. Having grubs in it.

  4. Infested with grubs

  5. Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

    “a miner's begrimed face”

    “dingy linen”

    “grimy hands”

    Similar: begrimed, dingy, grimy, grungy, raunchy

noun

  1. USdialectAny species of Cottus; a sculpin.

  2. Small sculpin of the coast of New Englandanimal

    Similar: Myxocephalus aenaeus

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grubby around the world

USAny species of Cottus; a sculpin.

Synonyms by meaning

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adjective: thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
begrimeddingygrimygrungyraunchy
noun: small sculpin of the coast of New England
Myxocephalus aenaeus

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