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as in filthy
not clean
after playing outside, the kids came in grungy and in need of a good bath
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as in dilapidated
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
even though this grungy sweatshirt is falling apart, it's still my favorite
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Toto’s high-gloss only-in-L.A. aesthetic didn’t age well into the ’90s and early 2000s, when rock went grungy then garage-y; even in Toto’s heyday, critics dismissed the band as hot-dogging technicians.
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Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2024
Back then, the small enclave was still grungy, with a downtown full of cheap breakfast joints and bars that only took cash.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 July 2024
The original 1994 adaptation of the comic-book series, about a man who returns from the dead to hunt down his and his lover’s killers, became a cult classic for its moody tone and grungy noir look.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024
Things that were once seen as ugly or unfeminine (i.e. baggy clothes, chunky sneakers and grungy makeup) are now once again considered chic.
—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 10 July 2024
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Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2024
Back then, the small enclave was still grungy, with a downtown full of cheap breakfast joints and bars that only took cash.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 July 2024
The original 1994 adaptation of the comic-book series, about a man who returns from the dead to hunt down his and his lover’s killers, became a cult classic for its moody tone and grungy noir look.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024
Things that were once seen as ugly or unfeminine (i.e. baggy clothes, chunky sneakers and grungy makeup) are now once again considered chic.
—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 10 July 2024
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“Grungy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grungy. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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