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gro⋅dy

[groh-dee]
–adjective, -di⋅er, -di⋅est. Slang.
1. repulsive; disgusting; nauseating.
2. inferior in character or quality; seedy; sleazy: They lived for a month in a grody little shack without lights or running water.

Origin:
1960–65, Americanism; prob. alter. of grotesque


gro⋅di⋅ness, noun
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grody [ˈgrodi]

and groaty
  1. mod.
    disgusting. (From grotesque. See also grotty.) : What a grody view of the street from this window.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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