grubby

adj., -bi·er, -bi·est.

1. Dirty; grimy: grubby old work clothes.
2. Infested with grubs.
3. Contemptible; despicable: has a grubby way of treating others.

grubbily grub'bi·ly adv.
grubbiness grub'bi·ness n.

adjective

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

adj

Definition: dirty, disheveled
Antonyms: clean, cleanly, dressed-up, neat

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: small sculpin of the coast of New England
  Synonym: Myxocephalus aenaeus

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The adjective grubby has one meaning:

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

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - snavset, snusket, nusset, malproper, ulækker, befængt med larver, fuld af maddiker

Nederlands (Dutch)
vuil, vol maden, slonzig, verachtelijk

Français (French)
adj. - (lit) malpropre, (fig) infâme

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schmutzig, schlampig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ρυπαρός, βρόμικος, σκουληκοφαγωμένος

Italiano (Italian)
sporco, pieno di vermi

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - encardido, imundo, infestado de larvas

Русский (Russian)
грязный, небритый, зараженный личинками

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sucio, agusanado, mugriento

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - smutsig, full av larver, osmaklig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
生蛆的, 肮脏的, 污秽的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 生蛆的, 肮髒的, 污穢的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 구더기가 많은, 지저분한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ウジがわいた, きたない, 汚れた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) وسخ, قذر, مبتلى باليرقانات الدوديه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מלוכלך, מתולע, שורץ זחלים‬

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