Grubby Synonyms and Antonyms

grŭbē
Covered or stained with or as if with dirt or other impurities
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. dirty
  2. grimy
  3. filthy
  4. soiled
  5. grungy
  6. scruffy
  7. black
  8. disheveled
  9. sloppy
  10. begrimed
  11. foul
  12. smutty
  13. dingy
  14. shabby
  15. unclean
  16. seedy
  17. uncleanly
  18. slovenly
  19. unkempt
  20. raunchy
Small sculpin of the coast of New England
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Myxocephalus aenaeus
Dirty
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. dirty
Antonyms:
  1. clean
  2. cleanly
  3. neat
  4. dressed-up

Words Related to Grubby

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Grubby Sentence Examples

  • He reached for her with a grubby hand, looked at it, and dropped it.

  • Spaceports on podunk planets are suitably grubby.

  • Long pants or grubby clothes weren't necessary, as Dean had no intention of entering the mine.

  • There, staring up at the group, nestled in an assortment of other bones, packed into a grubby plaid shirt, was a cracked white skull.

  • The trick is not to let your bike get too grubby.

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