grubby
Meanings
Plural: grubbies
Noun
- small sculpin of the coast of New England
- Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.
Adjective
- infested with grubs
Adjective Satellite
- thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
- "grubby little fingers"
Adj
- Dirty, unwashed, unclean.
- Disreputable, sordid.
- Having grubs in it.
Origin / Etymology
From grub + -y.
Synonyms
befouled, begrimed, besmirched, clarty, cruddy, dingy, dirtsome, dirty, foul, grimy, grotty, grubby, grungy, horry, icky, manky, Myxocephalus aenaeus, nasty, raunchy, seamy, soiled, sordid, squalid, sullied, unclean, unwashed, yucky
Scrabble Score: 14
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