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- pronunciation:
- gruh
bi
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
grubbier, grubbiest |
| definition 1: |
dirty or unkempt.
My hands felt grubby, so I had to go and wash them.Take off those grubby boots before you come into the house.- synonyms:
- crummy, dirty, filthy, frowzy, grungy, messy, seedy, shabby, slatternly, slovenly, sordid, squalid, unclean, unkempt
- antonyms:
- clean, immaculate
- similar words:
- dowdy, mean, nasty, raunchy, scruffy, vile, wormy
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| definition 2: |
infested with grubs.
- synonyms:
- wormy
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| definition 3: |
worthy of contempt; despicable; base.
grubby motives- synonyms:
- base, contemptible, despicable, dirty, low, mean, shabby, sordid, squalid, vile, worthless
- similar words:
- dishonorable, loathsome, nasty, wretched
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| related words: |
black, foul |
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| derivations: |
grubbily (adv.), grubbiness (n.) |
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