grungier; grungiest
1
: shabby or dirty in character or condition
2
: characteristic of grunge music or fashion
Examples of grungy in a Sentence
After working in the garden all day, I felt sweaty and grungy.
a grungy pair of jeans
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Facing it were bean bag chairs on a shag rug carpet—and not the grungy kind.
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Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2026
Wide-leg black jeans can sometimes skew either too grungy or too formal.
—India Roby, Glamour, 8 June 2026
The musician, the daughter of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, showcased the rousing, grungy track alongside her live band.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026
More toward the rowdy end are the closet-sized bars of Shinjuku’s Golden Gai, a warren of grungy alleys home to snug drinking holes with obscure themes and idiosyncratic bartender-owners.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2026
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Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2026
Wide-leg black jeans can sometimes skew either too grungy or too formal.
—India Roby, Glamour, 8 June 2026
The musician, the daughter of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, showcased the rousing, grungy track alongside her live band.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026
More toward the rowdy end are the closet-sized bars of Shinjuku’s Golden Gai, a warren of grungy alleys home to snug drinking holes with obscure themes and idiosyncratic bartender-owners.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2026
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“Grungy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grungy. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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