What is another word for grubby?
464 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɡɹˈʌbi], [ ɡɹˈʌbi], [ ɡ_ɹ_ˈʌ_b_i]
Grubby is a word that typically describes something that is dirty, messy, and unclean. When looking for synonyms for this word, there are numerous options available. One common synonym for grubby is filthy, which suggests something is heavily soiled and requires extensive cleaning. Another synonym is grimy, which implies that there is a layer of dirt or grime that covers the surface. Additional synonyms for grubby include dingy, bedraggled, gross, and slovenly. Each of these synonyms evokes a similar image of something that is dirty and unkempt. Ultimately, the synonym chosen will depend on the exact context and the level of dirtiness being referred to.
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Similar words for grubby:
- black (adjective)
- dirty (adjective)
- dirty, disheveled (adjective)
- diseased (adjective)
- disheveled (adjective)
- dusty (adjective)
- filthy (adjective)
- grimy (adjective)
- grungy (adjective)
- impure (adjective)
- infested (adjective)
- messy (adjective)
- muddy (adjective)
- murky (adjective)
- nasty (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- scraggly (adjective)
- seedy (adjective)
- slovenly (adjective)
- sordid (adjective)
- tousled (adjective)
- unchaste (adjective)
- unclean (adjective)
- unkempt (adjective)
- Myxocephalus Aenaeus (noun)
- animal (noun)
- begrimed (noun)
- dingy (noun)
- grubby (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- dirty (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Grubby:
adj.
• black (adjective) • dirty (adjective)- disarrayed,
- dishabille,
- mucky,
- straggly,
- Dungy,
- undusted,
- scummy,
- Dreggy,
- cruddy,
- grimy,
- mung,
- slatternly,
- unlaundered,
- scummier,
- unswept,
- yucky.
- sloppy,
- untidy,
- squalid,
- smutty,
- unclean,
- slovenly,
- frowzy,
- foul,
- scruffy,
- impure,
- besmeared,
- shabby.
- most unzipped,
- more unfastidious,
- more disarranged,
- more unzipped,
- more unbuttoned,
- un-fastidious,
- more rumpled,
- most ruffled,
- most rumpled,
- more ruffled,
- bagged out,
- un zipped,
- un combed,
- most disarranged,
- un-zipped,
- most uncombed,
- un-combed,
- blowziest,
- dis-ordered,
- un buttoned,
- dis-arranged,
- un fastidious,
- dis arranged,
- more uncombed,
- most unfastidious,
- un-buttoned,
- dis ordered.
- most blackened,
- more feculent,
- yecchiest,
- most verminous,
- soilier,
- most fecal,
- yecchier,
- most feculent,
- soiliest,
- more blackened,
- more verminous,
- more fecal,
- fecal.
- more bemired,
- sub-fuse,
- gunkier,
- most bespattered,
- un clear,
- be spattered,
- most caked,
- un-clearest,
- be mired,
- more subfuse,
- in distinct,
- sodden,
- gunkiest,
- most subfuse,
- sub fuse,
- be-mired,
- un-clear,
- un clearest,
- in-distinct,
- be-spattered,
- most bemired,
- more blurred,
- more caked,
- more bespattered.
- mis tier,
- dunest,
- more darkened,
- over cast,
- most darkened,
- more glowering,
- more nubilous,
- most glowering,
- duner,
- mis-tier,
- most nubilous,
- duskest,
- dusker,
- over-cast,
- dusk.
- un godlier,
- un-godly,
- bummest,
- un pleasant,
- un-holier,
- unholy,
- un-appetizing,
- un-pleasant,
- objectionable,
- un holiest,
- dis-agreeable,
- mephitic,
- dis agreeable,
- un-godlier,
- un-godliest,
- beastlier,
- un-holy,
- un-holiest,
- un appetizing,
- beastliest,
- un holy,
- un godly,
- un holier,
- un godliest.
- scraggly,
- tousled,
- blowzier,
- yecchy,
- uncombed,
- dusty,
- slummy,
- mussed up,
- scurvy,
- Caked,
- mussed-up,
- messed-up,
- boggy,
- verminous,
- low-down,
- dun,
- unkempt,
- seedy,
- nasty,
- sordid,
- beat-up,
- disheveled,
- muddy,
- boggiest,
- Arenose,
- unneat,
- subfuse,
- slummier,
- Soily,
- lowdown,
- blowzy,
- boggier,
- filthy,
- bespattered,
- mussy,
- Nubilous,
- dirty,
- GUNKY,
- murky,
- feculent,
- messy,
- unfastidious,
- grungy.
- most dog-eared,
- more dogeared,
- dogeared,
- more down at the heel,
- more dog eared,
- over grown,
- in bad way,
- more sagging,
- more wilted,
- gone seed,
- dog-eared,
- most sagging,
- most down at the heel,
- more down-at-the-heel,
- over-grown,
- more wilting,
- most wilting,
- in a bad way,
- dog eared,
- most dogeared,
- used up,
- most down-at-the-heel,
- down at the heel,
- more dog-eared,
- most dog eared,
- most wilted,
- gone to seed.
- more lowdown,
- slummiest,
- dis-reputable,
- self seeking,
- small minded,
- de-generate,
- selfseeking,
- un-generous,
- de graded,
- scurvier,
- more low down,
- de generate,
- low down,
- slumer,
- slumest,
- de-graded,
- un generous,
- smallminded,
- more low-down,
- dis reputable,
- scurviest,
- most low-down,
- most lowdown,
- most low down.
- more mussed up,
- more beat up,
- more beat-up,
- messedup,
- more mussed-up,
- most beat-up,
- more mussedup,
- most beat up,
- beatup,
- most messedup,
- more beatup,
- more messed up,
- mussedup,
- most mussed-up,
- most messed-up,
- most messed up,
- most mussed up,
- most beatup,
- more messedup,
- most mussedup,
- more messed-up.
n.
• Myxocephalus Aenaeus (noun) • animal (noun) • begrimed (noun) • dingy (noun) • grubby (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• dirty (verb)Other synonyms:
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•
- uncleanly.
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•
- black.
- low,
- sneaking,
- worn,
- flyblown,
- Fenny,
- dirtily,
- sooty,
- tatty,
- foully,
- Decaying,
- blue,
- squishy,
- scallywag,
- worse for wear,
- negligent,
- in mourning,
- insanitary,
- plagued,
- chintzy,
- gritty,
- ruinous,
- greasy,
- befouled,
- Bemired,
- gloomy,
- teeming,
- maculate,
- Johnny,
- mangy,
- Pedicular,
- shady,
- grime,
- loose,
- disconsolate,
- bedraggled,
- dreary,
- frumpish,
- raunchily,
- stain,
- nastily,
- fouled,
- oozy,
- trashy,
- scapegrace,
- frowsy,
- lumpen,
- careless,
- mud-caked,
- down-at-the-heel,
- tacky,
- messily,
- unsightly,
- larva,
- faded,
- draggled,
- bullhead,
- sluttish,
- smoky,
- in rags,
- scabby,
- pollute,
- Muddily,
- frayed,
- dismal,
- marshy,
- threadbare,
- slack,
- swampy,
- unsporting,
- Grimily,
- slipshod,
- snotty,
- defile,
- beset,
- Blackly,
- smuttily,
- Deteriorated,
- sorry,
- squelchy,
- tattered,
- mud-spattered,
- raggedy,
- ratty,
- filthily,
- muddied,
- lousy,
- lame,
- slimy,
- smudgy,
- slouchy,
- poky,
- drab,
- squalidly,
- sleazily,
- dingily,
- sordidly,
- despicable,
- squashy,
- run-down,
- darkly,
- toadfish,
- decayed,
- informal,
- besmirched,
- Snuffy,
- ragged,
- broken-down,
- Pediculous,
- dilapidated,
- miry,
- dowdy,
- frumpy.
How to use "Grubby" in context?
The word "grubby" means dirty but also mean careless or unclean. It is sometimes used as a noun, meaning a person or thing that is dirty, or a place that is unclean.
Holonyms for Grubby:
n.
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animal
myxocephalus, Genus Myxocephalus.
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animal
Hyponym for Grubby:
n.
-
animal
sculpin.
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animal
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