Grunge rock

grunge (gr

nj)

n. Slang

1. Filth; dirt.

2. A style of rock music that incorporates elements of punk rock and heavy metal, popularized in the early 1990s and often marked by lyrics exhibiting nihilism, dissatisfaction, or apathy.

[Back-formation from grungy.]

grunge [grʌndʒ]

1. US slang dirt or rubbish

2. (Music, other) a style of rock music originating in the US in the late 1980s, featuring a distorted guitar sound

3. (Clothing & Fashion) a deliberately untidy and uncoordinated fashion style

[possibly a coinage imitating grime + sludge]

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Noun

grunge - the state of being covered with unclean things

grime, soil, dirt, filth, grease, stain

dirtiness, uncleanness - the state of being unsanitary

grunge

noun dirt, muck, filth, grime, grot (slang) cleaning the grunge from under the microwave

Translations

grunge [ˈgrʌndʒ] n (= musical style) → grunge m

grunge

n → Grunge nt

grunge [grʌndʒ] n (Mus) → grunge m; (style) → moda grunge

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alternative
dirt
dirtiness
filth
grease
grime
grungy
music
soil
stain
uncleanness

Cobain, lead-singer of American grunge rock band Nirvana, was found dead in his Seattle home with a gunshot wound to the head.

RememberWhen? by Birmingham Mail (England)

Distinctions particular to portraiture came to mind when I was looking at Philip Burke’s portrait of Kurt Cobain, frontman for grunge rock band Nirvana and a suicide at the age of 27.

A Portrait of the Illustrator by Mario Naves / The New York Observer

They fuse molten melodic hooks with a wall of scuzzy riffage to form primal epic grunge rock a la The Breeders, Arcade Fire and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Putting on the ritz; They may still be an unsigned band but The Joy ... by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)

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