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GRUBBY (grubbier, grubbiest)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grubby mean?
• GRUBBY (noun)
The noun GRUBBY has 1 sense:
1. small sculpin of the coast of New England
Familiarity information: GRUBBY used as a noun is very rare.
• GRUBBY (adjective)
The adjective GRUBBY has 2 senses:
2. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
Familiarity information: GRUBBY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small sculpin of the coast of New England
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
grubby; Myxocephalus aenaeus
Hypernyms ("grubby" is a kind of...):
sculpin (any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths)
Holonyms ("grubby" is a member of...):
genus Myxocephalus; Myxocephalus (grubby)
Declension: comparative and superlative |
Sense 1
Meaning:
Infested with grubs
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
grub (a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects)
Derivation:
grub (a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects)
Sense 2
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)
Derivation:
grubbiness (the state of being grimy)
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