grubby
grub·by
adjective \ˈgrə-bē\grub·bi·ergrub·bi·est
Definition of GRUBBY
1
: infested with fly maggots
3
: worthy of contempt : base <grubby political motives>
— grub·bi·ly \ˈgrə-bə-lē\ adverb
— grub·bi·ness \ˈgrə-bē-nəs\ noun
Examples of GRUBBY
- He lives in a grubby little apartment.
- <clean off those grubby hands before you touch anything>
First Known Use of GRUBBY
1725
Related to GRUBBY
- Synonyms
- bedraggled, befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, black, blackened, cruddy, dingy, draggled, dusty, filthy, foul, grimy, grotty [chiefly British], dirty, grungy, mucky, muddy, nasty, smudged, smutty, soiled, sordid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly
- Antonyms
- clean, cleanly, immaculate, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, stainless, ultraclean, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied
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