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grun·gy

(grŭn′jē)

adj. grun·gi·er, grun·gi·est Informal

In a dirty, rundown, or inferior condition: grungy old jeans.

[Origin unknown.]

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grungy

(ˈɡrʌndʒɪ) or

grungey

adj, -gier or -giest

1. chiefly US and Canadian squalid or seedy

2. (Pop Music) (of pop music) characterized by a loud fuzzy guitar sound

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grun•gy

(ˈgrʌn dʒi)

adj. -gi•er, -gi•est. Slang.

1. ugly, run-down, or dilapidated.

2. dirty; filthy.

[1965–70, Amer.]

grun′gi•ness, n.

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Adj.

grungy - thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"

begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, raunchy

dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

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grunge

grungy

[ˈgrʌndʒɪ] ADJ (grungier (compar) (grungiest (superl))) (= dirty) → cutre (Sp), roñoso (Mus) → de grunge

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grungy

adj (inf) → mies (inf)

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