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Definition of grungy
grungier
;grungiest
1 : shabby or dirty in character or condition
2 : characteristic of grunge music or fashion
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Examples of grungy in a Sentence
After working in the garden all day, I felt sweaty and grungy.
a grungy pair of jeans
Recent Examples of grungy from the Web
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Amirpour’s own grungy desert dust-ride is more meandering and less immediate in its impact.
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And the flannel now has its own special spot in the bathroom, in a location where houseguests won’t mistake it for a hand towel and rub their grungy hands all over it.
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But the city’s best chefs have overhauled the grungy former wholesale district with chic brasseries, new-wave bistros, and low-key fish shacks that even the locals are lining up for.
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Parts of the West Wing can feel grungy and old, and look as if they have been repainted far too often.
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The veteran producer based out of Calif. is closing in on the big 4-0, but continues to enamor bass music fans with core-shaking records that hop between his melodic side and grungy dubstep instincts.
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Others are a more modern kind of rider, trendy on their cafe racers and sporting attire that wouldn’t be out of place in a grungy fashion shoot.
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Metrorail and Metromover’s grungy stations reflected county funding shortages.
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But despite being an overt attempt to capture the zeitgeist of Seattle’s grunge scene, Singles is really a romantic comedy revolving around two yuppies, played by the very un-grungy Kyra Sedgwick and Campbell Scott.
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