grotty

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• feel: Sunday 21 March 2004, Ceské Bud jovice Skipped church, slept in, all feeling a bit grotty.
• look: I think the surrounding area looked a bit grotty in the dark and could be better lit.

Modifies a noun

• pub: Even that gig they played to 3 men & ½ a dog in some grotty Northern pub is looked back upon with fondness.
• weather: This was Olies best race of the year, A great day, after grotty weather!
• hotel: Great gig, saw some people I hadn't seen in a while, amazingly grotty hotel.
• bit: We're looking for the dingy lay-by, the grotty bit of grass behind the leisure center, the country park car park.
• place: After a day being dragged around Birmingham and seeing some truly grotty places the flat I now rent was the last property I saw.
• area: If even reasonably wealthy people are offered small family homes in grotty areas, what about the rest?

Modifying Another Word

• pretty: It's standard hospital quality- cheap and basic according to some, pretty grotty according to others.
• rather: A particularly nice problem despite the rather grotty finish.
• really: The band had for well over 10 years used the same hotel in what was a really grotty suburb of Manchester.
• very: We stayed in a variety of accommodation, from the very grotty to quite reasonable.
• fairly: From the outside the upper floors looked fairly grotty but the ground floor was quite grand.
• somewhat: In a somewhat grotty cafe I ordered what turned out to be the most soggy, fatty veggie burgers in the world.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: Lack of sleep not only makes you feel grotty, it leads to a suppression of the immune system.
• look: Neighbor Doris Bromley ( 84 ) said: " The flats look so grotty.