Usually means: Dirtier, more unkempt or neglected.
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  1. grubbier: Merriam-Webster
  2. grubbier: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. grubbier: Collins English Dictionary
  4. grubbier: Vocabulary.com
  5. grubbier: Wordnik
  6. grubbier: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. grubbier: Wiktionary
  8. grubbier: Dictionary.com
  9. grubbier: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. grubbier: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See grubby as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (grubby)

adjective:  Dirty, unwashed, unclean.
adjective:  (figurative) Disreputable, sordid.
adjective:  Having grubs in it.
noun:  (US, dialect) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.
▸ Also see grubby


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