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Synonyms & Antonyms of grimy
not clean
- this mirror is so grimy you can barely see your reflection in it
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Words Related to grimy
- chaotic,
- cluttered,
- confused,
- disarranged,
- disarrayed,
- disheveled
- (or dishevelled),
- disordered,
- jumbled,
- littered,
- messed,
- messy,
- muddled,
- mussed,
- mussy,
- rumpled,
- scruffy,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- unkempt,
- untidy
- collied
- [chiefly British dialect],
- crocked
- [dialect],
- fuliginous,
- sooty
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