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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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The grungy Cleveland rock band teamed up with us for the premiere, one day before the album is officially available to the public.
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The artfully grungy, distressed-detailing befits the vibe of the pale-wash denim Dirty Harry Axel shorts from Australian brand Ksubi.
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Wearing a white and red Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers T-Shirt, Gomez styled the look a little less rock ’n’ roll or grungy, elevating it with refined accessories and a statement skirt.
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There seems to be an unofficial dress code of country-casual, with the majority wearing plaid or flannel shirts and grungy jeans.
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While some izakaya skew fancy and others grungy, Shirube is an egalitarian affair where the tired salarymen and the local cool kids can all take off their shoes and down a beer.
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On March 8, a gospel concert will be held at the First Unitarian Church — in the Frank Furness building’s soaring upstairs sanctuary, not the grungy, punk-rock basement.
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From its grungy heyday in the ’90s—much spurred by the iconic Courtney Love—to the sassier slip dresses of the early 2000s, the simple silhouette continues to be favored for its easy, wear-with-everything aesthetic.
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The police descend on grungy artist colonies but self-expression flourishes.
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Origin and Etymology of grungy
First Known Use: 1965
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yeargrungy Synonyms
Synonyms
bedraggled, befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, black, blackened, cruddy, dingy, dirty, draggled, dusty, filthy, foul, grimy, grubby, 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;
Near Antonyms
cleaned, cleansed, combed, groomed, neat, ordered, orderly, tidy;
bright, flawless, perfect, shiny, sparkling, unspotted, untouched;
taintless, unblemished, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted, virgin, wholesome;
Related Words
contaminated, defiled, germy, impure, polluted, tainted;
insanitary, uncleaned, unsanitary, unsterile, unsterilized, unwashed;
littered, messed, messy, muddled, mussed, mussy, rumpled, scruffy, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy;
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