grimier; grimiest
griminess
noun
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this mirror is so grimy you can barely see your reflection in it
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Plus, the slim ankle keeps your hem off of grimy airport floors and even grimmer airplane bathrooms.
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Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2025
All those rhymes lined up at the start of the chorus, with each of those three phrases melodically mirroring the grimy riff.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2025
Follow these steps for cleaning your oven with a dishwasher tablet, from the oven racks to that grimy glass door.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Nov. 2025
Kushal sees the grimy, pathetic side of him; his father sees the noble, tragic one.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
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Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2025
All those rhymes lined up at the start of the chorus, with each of those three phrases melodically mirroring the grimy riff.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2025
Follow these steps for cleaning your oven with a dishwasher tablet, from the oven racks to that grimy glass door.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Nov. 2025
Kushal sees the grimy, pathetic side of him; his father sees the noble, tragic one.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for grimy
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“Grimy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grimy. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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