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grimy

[ grahy-mee ]

adjective

, grim·i·er, grim·i·est.
  1. covered with grime; dirty:

    I shook his grimy hand.



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Other Words From

  • grimi·ly adverb
  • grimi·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of grimy1

First recorded in 1605–15; grime + -y 1

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Example Sentences

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Half a dozen men sit on the floor in a grimy rented storefront in the crowded Khyber Bazaar.

He was the proprietor of a grimy chicken joint in Rochester, New York.

At the end of the opening heist, I could practically feel my feet sinking into the grimy sand of Revere Beach.

When they returned, many came to this small building with arched windows only a few blocks from the grimy Caspian beach.

The closest agents get to that in, say, cold and grimy New York is eating in their cars.

Some shelves had been put up along one side of the stall, and they were piled with a lot of grimy-looking books.

He took the hand she held out to him, and looked down at her out of his grimy, disfigured face, an odd tenderness stirring him.

Men carrying Winchesters are hurrying by, their faces grimy, eyes bold yet anxious.

He had removed his tin cup and was engaged in stirring its grimy contents with a small stick.

Those chats with the doctor in that grimy little consulting-room in Pimlico remained ever in his memory.

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