grotty

grot·ty  (grt)

adj. grot·ti·er, grot·ti·est Chiefly British Slang

Very unpleasant; miserable.

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[Alteration of grotesque.]

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grotti·ness n.

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grotty [ˈgrɒtɪ]

adj -tier, -tiest Brit slang

1. unpleasant, nasty, or unattractive

2. of poor quality or in bad condition; unsatisfactory or useless

[from grotesque]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

grotty - very unpleasant or offensive ; "a grotty little play" jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom nasty, awful - offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound

Translations

grotty [ˈgrɒtɪ] ADJ (grottier (compar) (grottiest (superl))) (Brit) → asqueroso
I feel grotty → me siento fatal

grotty [ˈgrɒti] adj (British) → minable

grotty

adj (+er) (inf)

(= foul) → grausig (inf); (= filthy) → dreckig, verdreckt (inf)

(= awful, lousy) → mies (inf); (= dilapidated) → heruntergekommen; (= tacky) → geschmacklos; to feel grotty → sich mies fühlen (inf)

grotty [ˈgrɒtɪ] adj (Brit) (fam) → squallido/a
I feel grotty → mi sento a terra