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grimy

 

Definitions from WordNet

Adjective grimy has 1 sense
  1. begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy - thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"
    Antonym: clean (indirect, via dirty)

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Grimy

Description:

Grimy is an adjective used to describe something that is very dirty, covered in grime, or marked by filth.

Senses:

Sense 1:

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition: Covered with or characterized by grime.

Example Sentence: The mechanic's hands were grimy from working on the car engine all day.

Sense 2:

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition: Squalid; dirty or unclean

Example Sentence: The abandoned house had a grimy kitchen with piles of unwashed dishes.

Sense 3:

Part of Speech: Adverb

Definition: In a grimy manner; dirtily.

Example Sentence: She wiped the windows grimy with an old cloth.

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