First Known Use: 1965
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grungy
adjective grun·gy \ˈgrən-jē\
grun·gi·ergrun·gi·est
Definition of GRUNGY
1
: shabby or dirty in character or condition
2
: characteristic of grunge music or fashion
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Origin of GRUNGY
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Related to GRUNGY
- Synonyms
- bedraggled, befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, black, blackened, cruddy, dingy, draggled, dusty, filthy, foul, grimy, grotty [chiefly British], grubby, dirty, mucky, muddy, nasty, smudged, smutty, soiled, sordid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly
- Antonyms
- clean, cleanly, immaculate, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, stainless, ultraclean, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied
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