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grubbiness

grubbiness

4.6
A dirty, messy condition that makes things look unclean
  • noun
  • /ˈɡrʌbɪnɪs/
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  • He noticed the grubbiness of the building's walls, which hadn't been cleaned in years.

Beneath the moon there was decay, change, corruption, all kinds of of uncontrollable grubbiness.

Examples

  • Thank you, Your Grubbiness.

    Love and Death (1975)

  • There's just bits of foundation, bits of powder, just grubbiness everywhere.

  • The children's clothes were covered in grubbiness after playing in the mud all day.

  • After a long week, the kitchen was filled with grubbiness from leftover food and spilled drinks.

Synonyms

dirtiness
vsgrubbiness
1 1.0

Not being clean because it has mud, dust or stains

focuses on physical soil and grime rather than impurity
griminess
vsgrubbiness
5.1

Dirt and grease that cover a surface and make it look dirty

is the general state of being dirty or grimy

Antonyms

cleanliness
26 1.0

Being free from dirt and keeping things tidy

purity
25 3.1

The state of having no dirt or other things mixed in

How Dirty

squalor
20 8.0
filth
46 2.0
grubbiness
4.6
dirtiness
1 1.0
cleanliness
26 1.0

Surface Forms

grubbiness singular
grubbinesses plural

Morphology

grubbiness = grubby (transparent) = grubby + ness

The noun is a standard formation from the adjective 'grubby' with '-ness' indicating the state or quality of being dirty.

Etymology

Grubbiness comes from the simple word grub, which meant 'to dig in the dirt', plus the ending -y meaning 'full of'. So, grubbiness is literally being 'full of' dirt, or in other words being dirty.