grungy
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4.8
- adjective
- /ˈɡrʌn.dʒi/
- Informal
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sucio
- The old building had a grungy appearance, with peeling paint and dirty windows.
- grungy-looking
- grungy basement
- grungy clothes
The work he did was not as grunt type, grungy work, grimy work.
- The work he did was not as grunt type, grungy work, grimy work.
- That kind of gave it like this grungy look.
- This is our cool tone, grungy like Toby Brown.
- It's just that like grungy comfy boho vibes.
- Really pretty purpley, grungy glam look.
- So it's definitely giving me like quite a grungy undone kind of vibe.
- Everyone loves the grungy look, but you want to do it curated.
Examples
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At the time of my mother's death, I was living in a grungy, mildewed basement apartment in Ripley.
Fiction book (1992) -
These sheets are a little grungy.
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That kind of gave it like this grungy look.
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- I feel so grungy.
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It's all like separated and grungy and gross.
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If you come into that interview with a grungy shirt and jeans.
Blog text (33) -
Next to him is a shopping cart full of broken junk and grungy clothes.
Fiction book (1995) -
I was able to make a down payment on a small bungalow in the grungy Echo Park area of LA.
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Instead, there'd been grungy rooms three flights up from the street.
Fiction book (1999) -
I open all the blinds and notice that the windows are pretty grungy-looking from all the rain we've had here this past spring.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
23
4.6
Dark and dirty so it does not look bright
22
3.7
Covered in thick dirt that makes something look and feel dirty
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1.4
Dirty and needing to be cleaned
2
8.4
Looks dirty and unpleasant, often like a shabby room or shop
Covered thickly with dark dirt or soot
Antonyms
How Dirty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Grungy comes from the slang grunge, which meant 'dirt' or a rough, messy style, and the ending -y means 'full of' or 'having'. So grungy describes something that looks covered in dirt or soot.