grimy

Meaning

1. Stained or covered with grime.
2. From the urban musical genre called grime.
3. (slang) Morally corrupt, malicious, vile, or selfish; base or dirty; rotten.
4. (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.

Synonyms

dirty

filthy

grubby

begrimed

soiled

foul

dingy

raunchy

black

grungy

unclean

greasy

miry

nasty

rusty

smutty

sooty

squalid

impure

defiled

slimy

slobbery

slovenly

smarmy

stained

drab

messy

swarthy

muddy

murky

sordid

polluted

Translations

mugriento

sudicio

schmutzig

fangoso

lercio

encardido

schmierig

λερωμένος

sucio

smerig

crasseux

sale

vuil

sujo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɹaɪmi/

Etymology

From grime + -y.