The meaning of Grubby

noun

A substance which is considered unpleasant or disgusting, typically because of its dirtiness.

Usage examples:

Use a good soap compound to remove accumulated crud

noun

The four basic operations (create, read, update, and delete) of data storage, regarded collectively.

Usage examples:

We'll create a simple database on which we will be performing crud operations

noun

Any offensive substance

Usage examples:

You couldn’t see a thing with all the crud in the air.

adjective

Covered or marked with an unclean substance.

Usage examples:

A tray of dirty cups and saucers

adverb

Used for emphasis.

Usage examples:

A dirty great slab of stone

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

She didn't like him dirtying her nice clean towels

adjective

Covered with, full of, or resembling dust.

Usage examples:

Dusty old records

adjective

Covered in dust

Usage examples:

Piles of dusty books lay on the floor., we drove along the dusty road., dusty pink

adjective

Disgustingly dirty.

Usage examples:

A filthy hospital with no sanitation

adverb

To an extreme extent.

Usage examples:

He has become filthy rich

adjective

Extremely dirty

Usage examples:

Trucks poured out clouds of filthy, black smoke., there were beggars in the streets and filth every…

adjective

Covered with or characterized by grime.

Usage examples:

The grimy industrial city

adjective

Dirty

Usage examples:

The child's face was grimy and streaked with tears.

adjective

So dirty or germ-ridden as to be a danger to health.

Usage examples:

Insanitary conditions

adjective

→  unsanitary

adjective

Untidy or dirty.

Usage examples:

His messy hair

adjective

Dirty, unpleasant, or lacking order

Usage examples:

I hate a messy kitchen., he’s got a messy personal life.

adjective

Covered with dirt or filth.

Usage examples:

He took off his mucky boots

adjective

Dirty

Usage examples:

Get your mucky feet off that chair!, don't walk all over my clean floor in your mucky boots., a muc…

adjective

Covered in or full of mud.

Usage examples:

They changed their muddy boots

verb

Cover or fill (something) with mud.

Usage examples:

The linoleum flooring was muddied

adjective

Covered by or containing mud (= wet, sticky earth)

Usage examples:

Don't bring those muddy boots inside!, muddy water, the room has been painted in muddy browns and g…

adjective

Shabby and untidy or dirty.

Usage examples:

A teenager in scruffy jeans and a baggy t-shirt

adjective

In poor condition through long use or lack of care.

Usage examples:

A conscript in a shabby uniform saluted the car

adjective

Looking old and in bad condition because of wear or lack of care

Usage examples:

The man wore a long, shabby coat., we parked near bobby’s shabby trailer., her salary is $305,000 t…

adjective

Dirty and untidy (typically used of a woman or her appearance).

Usage examples:

A slatternly housekeeper

adjective

Dirty and untidy; used especially about women

Usage examples:

His slatternly wife lies around most of the day reading romances., his wife is too slatternly to sw…

adjective

(especially of a person or their appearance) untidy and dirty.

Usage examples:

A fat, slovenly ex-rock star

adjective

Messy, dirty, or not careful

Usage examples:

Slovenly work, a slovenly housekeeper

verb

Coat or mark (something) messily or carelessly with a greasy or sticky substance.

Usage examples:

His face was smeared with dirt

noun

A mark or streak of a greasy or sticky substance.

Usage examples:

There was an oil smear on his jacket

noun

A sample of tissue or other material taken from part of the body, spread thinly on a microscope slide for examination, typically for medical diagnosis.

Usage examples:

The smears were stained for cryptosporidium

adjective

Dirty; stained.

Usage examples:

A soiled t-shirt

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

He might soil his expensive suit

verb

Feed (cattle) on fresh-cut green fodder (originally for the purpose of purging them).

adjective

Covered with or coloured like soot.

Usage examples:

His olive skin and sooty eyes

adjective

Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt.

Usage examples:

The story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams

adjective

Morally ugly, so that being involved makes you feel dirty

Usage examples:

A sordid story, sordid details, the sordid condition of many of the city school buildings was shock…

adjective

Marked or decorated with spots.

Usage examples:

A red spotted handkerchief

verb

See, notice, or recognize (someone or something) that is difficult to detect or that one is searching for.

Usage examples:

Andrew spotted the advert in the paper

adjective

(of a place) extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.

Usage examples:

The squalid, overcrowded prison

adjective

Extremely dirty, poor, and unpleasant

Usage examples:

The squalid apartment was her first home in the city., he lived in dreadful squalor despite having …

verb

Mark or discolour with something that is not easily removed.

Usage examples:

Her clothing was stained with blood

adjective

Marked or discoloured with something that is not easily removed.

Usage examples:

A stained beer mat

adjective

(of a material or object) coloured by application of a penetrative dye or chemical.

Usage examples:

Stained timber floorboards

adjective

Not clean or sanitary.

Usage examples:

Damp, unhygienic accommodation

adjective

Not clean, in a way that may cause disease

Usage examples:

Unhygienic conditions and a lack of clean water

adjective

(especially of a person) having an untidy or dishevelled appearance.

Usage examples:

They were unwashed and unkempt

adjective

Not sanitary.

Usage examples:

The unsanitary conditions in the orphanage

adjective

Dirty, esp. in a way that is dangerous to health

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Unsanitary conditions

adjective

Not arranged neatly and in order.

Usage examples:

The place was dreadfully untidy

adjective

Not having been washed.

Usage examples:

Unwashed dishes in the sink

adjective

Not washed

Usage examples:

His football shirt was left unwashed in his locker for weeks., dangerous bacteria can be spread by …