Synonyms for grubby
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Dirty, unwashed, unclean.
He's a grubby little boy, always playing around by the stream.
Related words
- Word family
- grubbily grubbiness
Example sentences
- unclean What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.
- soiled If the napkin is dirty or soiled, please don't reuse it.
- dingy Lacking proper lighting, Tammy's room was depressingly dingy.
- grimy The forecourt looked grimy, like it hadn't been cleaned in days.
By length
- 4 letters
- foul1
- 5 letters
- dirty2, nasty2, muddy2, lousy2, grimy2, dingy2
- 6 letters
- filthy2, soiled1, sordid2, impure2, grungy2, smutty2, cruddy2
- 7 letters
- unclean2, raunchy2, squalid2
- 8 letters
- begrimed
- 12 letters
- dishonorable5
- 13 letters
- dishonourable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dirty2 = 2 syllables).