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grimy

 
Dictionary: grim·y   (grī') pronunciation
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
Covered or smudged with grime. See synonyms at dirty.

grimily grim'i·ly adv.
griminess grim'i·ness n.

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adjective

    Covered or stained with or as if with dirt or other impurities: black, dirty, filthy, grubby, smutty, soiled, unclean, uncleanly. See clean/dirty.

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adj

Definition: dirty
Antonyms: clean, pure, sterile


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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
  Synonyms: begrimed, dingy, grubby, grungy, raunchy


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - snavset, beskidt, grimet, sortsmudset

Nederlands (Dutch)
vuil, goor

Français (French)
adj. - noir, sale, crasseux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schmutzig, rußig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ακάθαρτος, βρόμικος, μουντζούρης, λιγδιάρικος

Italiano (Italian)
sudicio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sujo, encardido

Русский (Russian)
чумазый, грязный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sucio, mugriento

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - smutsig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
污秽的, 肮脏的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 污穢的, 骯髒的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 더러워진, 먼지가 묻은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - すすけた, あかだらけの, 汚れた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) وسخ, مكسو بالسخام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מלוכלך‬


 
 
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