grimy

[ grahy-mee ]

adjective

, grim·i·er, grim·i·est.

1. covered with grime; dirty:

   I shook his grimy hand.

Other Words From

• grimi·ly adverb
• grimi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of grimy¹

First recorded in 1605–15; grime + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Why had the Trump campaign chosen a dusty industrial lot in a grimy corner of Philly for this grave announcement?

From Los Angeles Times

Like that David Fincher movie, “Grotesquerie” wraps its ills in a grimy, nocturnal film, and tops them with a crown of thorns.

From Los Angeles Times

“I mean, it is a little grimy. ‘

From Los Angeles Times

The group’s two-hour show delivers plenty of additional eye candy, not least a scene set to “In the City” in which you lift out of a kind of grimy tenement-building panopticon to soar over a verdant landscape rendered in almost-lurid greens and blues.

From Los Angeles Times

So when Reynolds confessed he wanted to fly grimy old air tankers, his instructor didn’t know how to react.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• dingy
• filthy
• grubby
• grungy
• messy
• soiled
• squalid