BEGRIMED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does begrimed mean? 

• BEGRIMED (adjective)
  The adjective BEGRIMED has 1 sense:

1. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

  Familiarity information: BEGRIMED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEGRIMED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

Synonyms:

begrimed; dingy; grimy; grubby; grungy; raunchy

Context example:

a grungy kitchen

Similar:

dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)

 Context examples 

I knew Mr. Rochester; though the begrimed face, the disordered dress (his coat hanging loose from one arm, as if it had been almost torn from his back in a scuffle), the desperate and scowling countenance, the rough, bristling hair might well have disguised him.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)