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grubby

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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.

grubby
Adjective
[-bier, -biest]
1. rather dirty
2. unsavoury or morally unacceptable: grubby activities
grubbiness n
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Noun1.grubby - small sculpin of the coast of New England
sculpin - any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths
Adj.1.grubby - infested with grubs
2.grubby - thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"
dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

grubby
adjective dirty, soiled, filthy, squalid, messy, shabby, seedy, scruffy, sordid, untidy, grimy, unwashed, unkempt, mucky, smutty, grungy (slang), chiefly U.S., Canad. slovenly, manky Scot. (dialect) scuzzy (slang) scungy Austral., N.Z. frowzy, besmeared, festy Austral. (slang)
Translations
grubby [ˈgrʌbɪ] adjsucio, mugriento, mugroso (LAM)

grubby [ˈgrʌbɪ] adjcrasseux/euse

grubby [ˈgrʌbɪ] adj (dirty) → schmuddelig (fig); schmutzig

grubby [ˈgrʌbɪ] adjsporco/a

grubby
adj grubby [ˈgrabi]
dirty a grubby little boy. vuil, smerig قذر، وسِخ мърляв umouněný snavset verwahrlost βρόμικος sucio, mugriento kasimatu کثیف sottainen crasseux מזוהם गंदा prljav piszkos kotor skítugur, subbulegur sudicio 汚い 더러운 nevalyvas, išsiterliojęs netīrs kotor vuil, smerig uflidd, ustelt, skitten umorusany sujo murdar неряшливый zafúľaný umazan štrokav smutsig สกปรก pis, kirli 骯臟的, 邋遢的 неохайний میلا کچیلا bẩn thỉu , 邋遢
n grubbiness
morsigheid قذاره، وسَخ мърлявост umouněnost snavsethed die Nachlässigkeit βρόμα suciedad, inmundicia, mugre kasimatus کثافت sottaisuus saleté זהמה गंदापन prljavština piszkosság kekotoran óhreinindi, skítur sudiciume 汚なさ 지저분함 nevalyvumas netīrība kecomotan vuiligheid, smerigheid snuskethet niechlujstwo sujeira murdărie неряшливость špinavosť umazanost štrokavost smuts, sjaskighet ความสกปรก pislik, kirlilik 骯髒 неохайність کاہلیت tình trạng bẩn thỉu


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The tears that flowed down his grubby cheeks were real tears.
And out of the middle of the earth, as it seemed to us, rose the pie - very much mixed up and damaged; and, after it, scrambled Harris - tumbled, grubby, and wet.
A grubby boy, probably with a squint, would almost certainly get on your nerves.
 
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