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grubbiness

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grub·by  (grb)
adj. grub·bi·er, grub·bi·est
1. Dirty; grimy: grubby old work clothes.
2. Infested with grubs.
3. Contemptible; despicable: has a grubby way of treating others.
grubbi·ly adv.
grubbi·ness n.
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Noun1.grubbiness - the state of being grimy
griminess
dirtiness, uncleanness - the state of being unsanitary
Translations
grubbiness [ˈgrʌbɪnɪs] N → suciedad f
grubbiness
n
(= dirtiness) → Dreckigkeit f; (of person, clothes, house) → Schmuddeligkeit f (inf)
(fig: = sordidness) → Schmutzigkeit f
grubbiness [ˈgrʌbɪnɪs] n → sporcizia
grubbiness [ˈgrʌbɪnɪs] n → sporcizia


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In some ways, Cotton Mather was Wendell's Mont Michel et Chartres--his historical counter to the grubbiness of modernity,--replacing Henry Adams's high altar and Gothic stained-glass windows with the pulpit, white walls, and clear light of a Congregational Church.
Barrett Wendell: New England orderly idealist by Connolly, Michael J. / Modern Age
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All the tell-tale signs are there: the supposed loss of purpose that followed the end of Empire, the lament about economic decline, the head-shaking over the Swinging Sixties, the disaffection with the grubbiness of Thatcherite capitalism.
Three comments by Evans-Pritchard, Ambrose / The National Interest
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