grody

Betekenis (Engels)

Nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque.

Concepten

afschuwelijk

stuitend

misselijkmakend

afstotend

Synoniemen

disgustful

disgusting

hideous

icky

repulsive

vile

ugsome

gagworthy

mank

Vertalingen

abstoßend

abwehrend

abweisend

ekelhaft

ekelig

eklig

fies

scheußlich

unangenehm

widerlich

widerstehend

widerwärtig

degoutant

αηδιαστικός

fastigós

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɡɹoʊdi/

Etymologie (Engels)

From groady, apparently a clipping of grotesque + -y (intervocalic /t/ and /d/ are similar in American English). Compare British grotty, of the same origin, and gro.
Popularized by Moon Unit Zappa in song "Valley Girl" (1982) in phrase "grody to the max", as archetypal Southern California Valleyspeak; song also popularized "gag me with a spoon".