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grimy

[grahy-mee]

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adjective, grim·i·er, grim·i·est.

covered with grime; dirty: I shook his grimy hand.

Origin:
1605–15; grime + -y¹

Related forms

grim·i·ly, adverb

grim·i·ness, noun

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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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Fabric shades that have become a bit grimy may require more invasive action.

Manaus is sprawling city that is always humid and often grimy.

Some say countries that welcome such grimy guests are offering a public service.

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Fabric shades that have become a bit grimy may require more invasive action.

Manaus is sprawling city that is always humid and often grimy.

Some say countries that welcome such grimy guests are offering a public service.

Actually, it was pewter-gray, grimy in the setting sun.

All that swiping and tapping on your iPhone takes a heavy toll on the screen, leaving it a streaked and grimy mess.

In a grim and grimy streetscape, seeking clues to a daughter's future.

At the border, a man opens the boot of his car to reveal four grimy jerrycans.

Suva was clearly overpopulated, with dirty streets and thick, grimy air.

My mouse seems to suck up every grimy quark and boson on my desk and do something unpleasant with it.

The two-story brick building looks almost abandoned a grimy facade, windows covered over, no sign outside.

There are so many grimy and dirty buildings and places.

Clad in grimy shorts and scuffed wing tips-nothing else-he was hawking boiled eggs from a roadside stall.

Stringbean-slim models hurried up and down in grimy freight elevators for last-minute fittings.

Back at the lodge, exfoliate grimy layers of history in the spa's bear claw tubs.

No other major-league team has such a grimy ghost in the attic of its history.

On the outside, it's a grimy brick building facing a noisy expressway.

Every morning, the fishermen gather at a grimy outdoor cafe overlooking the docks of this ancient port town.

But once inside their grimy walls, stone-hearted contractors and crooked employers take over.

He stepped inside and immediately slipped down two flights of grimy gypsum.

Its mood was melancholy, its skies gray, its buildings grimy and its air foul from the blast.

Barely legible on its grimy walls a few weeks ago were cries for help.

The players, many with grimy mechanics' uniforms, filed.

Not only is it renowned as a grimy industrial graveyard, it is also notorious for an unfolding.

But, played out in this struggling oil town with a grimy cast of hundreds, it had the tightly scripted.

Grimy with the sands strewn over them by the furious blasts which sweep through the mountain gorges.

While the unchanged and grimy decor may comfort old-timers who resist change, it can be depressing to.

Vendors of top-notch ropa vieja are supposed to be grimy and dim, with a patina built up by decades of steam and frying grease.

As the forests darkened under the grimy skies, the moths grew darker.

The grimy waterfront port is overlooked by fabulous temples.

He wears a torn jacket, too heavy for the warm day, and a grimy red baseball cap.

The players, many with grimy mechanics' uniforms, filed in through.

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World English Dictionary

grime (ɡraɪm)

—n
1.	dirt, soot, or filth, esp when thickly accumulated or ingrained
2.	a genre of music originating in the East End of London and combining elements of garage, hip-hop, rap, and jungle

—vb
3.	(tr) to make dirty or coat with filth

[C15: from Middle Dutch grime; compare Flemish grijm, Old English grīma mask]

'grimy

—*adj*

'griminess

—n

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