grubby
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grubby
- /ˈɡɹʌbi/
- /ˈɡɹʊbi/ Ireland, Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌbi
adjective grubbier · grubbiest
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Dirty, unwashed, unclean.
He's a grubby little boy, always playing around by the stream.
Similar: grimy, befouled, besmirched, clarty, cruddy, dirtsome, dirty, foul, grotty, grubby, horry, icky
- Disreputable, sordid. I have in mind, in particular, the claim that has echoed through the liberal side of coronavirus-era debates — that the key to sound leadership in a pandemic is just to follow the science, to trust science and scientists, to do what experts suggest instead of letting mere grubby politics determine y
- Having grubs in it. The United States Department of Agriculture states that grubs cost the livestock industry from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 each year. The average devaluation on grubby cattle is from 25 cents to one dollar per cwt.
noun grubbies
- Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.
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adj (figurative) disreputable, sordid
| Español | simple y vulgar |
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