Grubby meaning

grŭb'ē
Dirty; messy; untidy.
adjective
2
0
Dirty; grimy.

Grubby old work clothes.

adjective
0
0
Infested with grubs.
adjective
0
0
Contemptible; despicable.

Has a grubby way of treating others.

adjective
0
0
Infested with grubs, esp. with botfly larvae, as cattle or sheep.
adjective
0
0
Advertisement
Inferior, contemptible, mean, etc.
adjective
0
0

He's a grubby little boy, always playing around by the stream.

adjective
0
0
Having grubs in it.
adjective
0
0
(US, dialect) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.
noun
0
0

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.

  • Candles by Kathy - There is a wide variety here, including primitive grubby candles and "needful things."

More sentences →

Related articles

Also Mentioned In

Words near grubby in the Dictionary