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Meanings of
grimy
in English
Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot.
dingy
grubby
begrimed
raunchy
grungy
Related terms
dirty
soiled
unclean
Usage of
grimy
in English
1
I thought perhaps the effervescence would help break up the
grimy
grossness.
2
Having your genitalia winched off seems a particularly
grimy
way to go.
3
Lots of
grimy
water and smoke-smudged walls, but no visible fire damage.
4
The electric numerals of the carriage call soon brought the
grimy
-
faced
chauffeur.
5
All about him the houses and the street were
grimy
and depressing.
6
One little white hand swung limp; he seized it with
grimy
fingers.
7
The broad palm it lay on was still
grimy
from the workshop.
8
He wore spurred boots and a soft shirt; his nails were
grimy
.
9
As they crossed the hedge, he slipped his
grimy
hand in hers.
10
The
grimy
window-panes saddened all the light that poured through them faintly.
11
He therefore went carefully up the
grimy
stairway to the rooms above.
12
He leaned forward, pressing the camera even closer to the
grimy
window.
13
The tinker has set on his
grimy
glue-pot, and the glue simmers.
14
But human pain went deep into the strata of the
grimy
planet.
15
This place was
grimy
and low, the girls were careless and hardened.
16
When I awoke, it was past noon and I was feeling
grimy
.
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grimy
Adjective
Frequent collocations
grimy hand
grimy face
grimy window
grimy fingers
grimy glass
More collocations
Grimy
through the time
Grimy
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common