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Meanings of grungy in English

Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot.

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Usage of grungy in English
1
The price for this pro-level way to make your photos all grungy?
Wired
2
In spite of Ryan's grungy appearance, he had seemed young and frightened.
Dolly departed
3
The hyena took form with his leather vest and grungy long hair.
Deadly Décisions
4
She felt about as grungy as she'd ever felt in her life.
Beauty and the feast
5
Both astronaut and starship are distinctly grungy and the worse for wear.
The Irish Times
6
Plaid pleated skirt, crisp white blouse, grungy sweat socks and beatup Reeboks.
Four to score
7
I could change out of my grungy clothes, but don't bother.
Dirty Rowdy Thing
8
The solars gleamed, providing enough light to navigate the grungy passage.
Last Blood
9
Whereas a pot smoker is very much a college kid, maybe grungy, hippy-looking.
Reuters
10
Perth band Pond play scuzzy 70s rock and blues-funk with a grungy-punky singer.
Radio NZ
11
Or, if it gets super grungy, I can throw it in the laundry.
NY Magazine
12
Those grungy, credit card-financed, 16mm films from the festival's early days are long gone.
Reuters
13
Inside young men in grungy clothes headbang to hard rock.
Reuters
14
It's Sunday night in Wimbledon and a grungy, nondescript bloke drifts past the window.
The Guardian
15
In the grungy waiting room, they sat side by side.
A fierce radiance: a novel
16
One person suggested the new floor would be slipperier than the grungy old floor.
The new yorker
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