GRIMY Synonyms

• thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

• (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear

• causing dejection

• infested with grubs

• small sculpin of the coast of New England

• thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

• disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter

• vile; despicable

• characterized by obscenity

• containing an unusual amount of grease or oil

• smeared or soiled with grease or oil

• very unpleasant or offensive

• dirty and disorderly

• (of soil) soft and watery

• dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck

• (of soil) soft and watery

• dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck

• (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear

• (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

• dirty with mud

• cause to become muddy

• make turbid

• offensive or even (of persons) malicious

• exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent

• characterized by obscenity

• disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter

• rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution

• showing signs of wear and tear

• mean and unworthy and despicable

• soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime

• morally degraded

• foul and run-down and repulsive

• marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter

• having a coating of stain or varnish

• soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime

• having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• Dirty or grimy.

• Disreputable; sleazy.

• a smoky fire to drive away insects

• a blemish made by dirt

• make a smudge on; soil by smudging

• discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation

• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically