Usually means: Dirty and unkempt in appearance.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word Grubby:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. grubby: Merriam-Webster
  2. grubby: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. grubby: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. grubby: Collins English Dictionary
  5. grubby: Vocabulary.com
  6. Grubby, grubby: Wordnik
  7. grubby: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. grubby: Wiktionary
  9. grubby: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. grubby: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. grubby: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Grubby, grubby: Dictionary.com
  13. grubby: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Grubby: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Grubby: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. grubby: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. grubby: Rhymezone
  18. grubby: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. grubby: FreeDictionary.org
  20. grubby: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. grubby: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. grubby: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. grubby, grubby: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. grubby: ESL Slang page

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Grubby: Dictionary of Candlemaking Terms

(Note: See grubbier as well.)

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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.

Similar:
unclean, soiled, dirty, begrimed, grungy, grimy, dingy, myxocephalus aenaeus, muddy, crufty, more...

Opposite:
clean, clean-cut, immaculate, spotless

Types:
clean, dirty, filthy, filthier, filthiest, more...

Phrases:
grubby gullet, more...

Colors:
    mud brown,     dingy gray,     sooty black,     tarnished silver,     grimy beige, more...



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Similar:
unclean, soiled, dirty, begrimed, grungy, grimy, dingy, myxocephalus aenaeus, muddy, crufty, more...

Opposite:
clean, clean-cut, immaculate, spotless

Types:
clean, dirty, filthy, filthier, filthiest, more...

Phrases:
grubby gullet, more...

Colors:
    mud brown,     dingy gray,     sooty black,     tarnished silver,     grimy beige, more...



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