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gro⋅dy

  [groh-dee]
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–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

Related forms:
gro⋅di⋅ness, noun
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gro·dy   (grō'dē)   
adj.   gro·di·er, gro·di·est Slang
Disgusting; repellent.

[Probably alteration of grotty.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Main Entry:  grody
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  disgusting, yukky; extremely unpleasant or sleazy
Example:  The college students lived in a grody apartment.
Etymology:  alteration of grotesque
Usage:  slang
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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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