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) Darkly atmospheric; having affinities with the style of the East Coast hip hop of the 90s, especially that of New York.

Frequency

36k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡɹaɪmi/
Etymology

From grime + -y.

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