grimy
- Stained or covered with grime.
- From the urban musical genre called grime.
- (slang) Morally corrupt, malicious, vile, or selfish; base or dirty; rotten.
- (slang) Of a beat or song, darkly atmospheric; having affinities with the style of the East Coast hip hop of the 90s, especially that of New York.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡɹaɪmi/
Etymology
From grime + -y.
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