grotty


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grot·ty

 (grŏt′ē)
adj. grot·ti·er, grot·ti·est Chiefly British Slang
Very unpleasant; miserable.

[Alteration of grotesque.]

grot′ti·ness n.
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grotty

(ˈɡrɒtɪ)
adj, -tier or -tiest
1. unpleasant, nasty, or unattractive
2. of poor quality or in bad condition; unsatisfactory or useless
[C20: from grotesque]
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grot•ty

(ˈgrɒt i)

adj. -ti•er, -ti•est. Chiefly Brit. Slang.
seedy; wretched; dirty.
[1960–65; perhaps grot (esque) + -y1]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.grotty - very unpleasant or offensive ; "a grotty little play"
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
nasty, awful - offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound
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Translations

grotty

[ˈgrɒtɪ] ADJ (grottier (compar) (grottiest (superl))) (Brit) → asqueroso
I feel grottyme siento fatal
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grotty

[ˈgrɒti] adj (British)minable
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

grotty

adj (+er) (inf)
(= foul)grausig (inf); (= filthy)dreckig, verdreckt (inf)
(= awful, lousy)mies (inf); (= dilapidated)heruntergekommen; (= tacky)geschmacklos; to feel grottysich mies fühlen (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

grotty

[ˈgrɒtɪ] adj (Brit) (fam) → squallido/a
I feel grotty → mi sento a terra
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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They should be pleased developers have poured money into what was a grotty looking area!
On a visit to one "boring" store he moans: "It's a grotty old place.
THERE'S nothing like a hanging basket to add instant colour, but a grotty container can sometimes let the side down.
A DEBT-RIDDEN drug user watched dealers turn his "grotty house" into a PS28,000 cannabis farm.
Nicolas Tennant's Bosola, a servant to the duchess, in grotty zip-up and equally grotty jeans (naturally) is a servant to the Duchess, and has clearly based his raucous character upon those itinerants who undertake to resurface your drive for PS50.
When I get home the folks I will tell, That the battlefields were almost hell, The mud was thick, the land was grotty There grew one thing, the Flanders poppy.
Erica suggests she heads into town to a grotty pub to get some, but discovers later that she's been duped into buying oregano.
SadieQuinlan I WOULD rather live in a nicer and bigger house in Tenby for 300k less than a prefab house in grotty Porthcawl.
James Franco has tried to defend his grotty underpants selfie - bizarrely comparing it to David Beckham's underwear campaign and when Britney Spears shaved off her barnet.
While many an actor is slumming it in grotty film sets and tiny trailers, Egyptian actress, Ghada Adel is living it up while filming for her latest drama, 'Makan Fil Al Qasr' (A Place at the Palace).
After driving through grotty and grim streets full of weirdos and old horses, the Dewar's siren - you know the one "with the presence of a queen and the mouth of a gangster" - reaches her pad and pours a drink.