grimy
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Synonyms & Antonyms for grimy
Synonyms
bedraggled, befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, black, blackened, cruddy, dingy, dirty, draggled, dusty, filthy, foul, grotty [chiefly British], grubby, grungy, mucky, muddy, nasty, smudged, smutty, soiled, sordid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly
Antonyms
clean, cleanly, immaculate, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, stainless, ultraclean, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied
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Whether grimy from housework or gleaming in a ball gown and glass slippers, Sierra Boggess’ Cinderella was enchanting. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: ‘Into the Woods’ and stars align in magical night at the Hollywood Bowl," 28 July 2019 Using a speedy, clean laptop is infinitely more satisfying than using a cluttered, grimy one, just like coming home to a clean and tidy house feels better than coming back to a messy and dirty space. — David Nield, Popular Mechanics, "How To Make Your Old, Slow Laptop Feel Like New Again," 22 June 2017 Meanwhile, Francisco and 60 men took turns sleeping on a grimy concrete floor, some in the restroom area, of a Falfurrias Border Patrol detention center. — Obed Manuel, Dallas News, "U.S. citizen’s detention is a reminder that mixed-status families can feel trapped along the border," 4 Aug. 2019 First, simplest, people have criticized the meme for sexualizing a woman just doing her unsexy job in the first place, especially given the United States' grimy history of exoticizing women of color. — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, "The #IceBae Meme Captures the Worst of 2019 So Far," 17 July 2019 That grimy basement now has a smooth concrete floor. — Susan Dunne, courant.com, "13 years and millions of dollars later, the ambitious, enormous American Mural Project is coming together," 1 July 2019 Amid these giant structures and inhospitable foregrounds, Schwartz celebrates a collection of ragtag users including a sweaty jogger, a parking lot attendant, skateboarders and tailgaters picnicking under a grimy bridge. — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, "Cuyahoga 50 photo shows uncover fresh takes on the recovery of a once combustible river," 30 June 2019 In the 1930s, this flat stretch to the east of Potrero Hill, one of the Drive’s more unlikely sections, was a grimy industrial and residential neighborhood, whose residents toiled at places like the Union Iron Works and the American Can Company. — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, "San Francisco scenic treasure that locals overlook," 28 June 2019 Shawna Potter is no stranger to long nights, grimy dive bars, or sweaty mosh pits. — Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, "War on Women’s Shawna Potter Wrote a Book About Making Spaces Safer," 27 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'grimy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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