grimy Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- soiled
- polluted
- grungy
- foul
- messy
- uncleanly
- grubby
- begrimed
- greasy
- unclean
- bedraggled
- cruddy
- chaotic
- sordid
- sloppy
- smutty
- nasty
- smudged
- mucky
- grotty
- dingy
Weak:
- besmirched
- scuzzy
- disheveled
- gunky
- cluttered
- draggled
- confused
- sooty
- tainted
- dishevelled
- impure
- jumbled
- untidy
- defiled
- insanitary
- germy
- littered
- unsanitary
- skanky
- messed
- disarranged
- muddled
- scruffy
- unwashed
- fuliginous
- raunchy
- contaminated
- sullied
- rumpled
- bemired
- uncleaned
- mussy
- disordered
- unkempt
- shabby
- unsterilized
- unsterile
- befouled
- slovenly
- disarrayed
- sleazy
- squalid
Strongest:
- immaculate
- neat
- spick-and-span
- stainless
- cleanly
- spotless
- unsullied
- clean
- unsoiled
- unsullied
- limpid
- cleaned
- cleanly
- stainless
- ultraclean
- unstained
- unsoiled
- ultraclean
- clean
- pure
- pure
- clear
- cleaned
- spotless
- clear
- limpid
- neat
- immaculate
- spick-and-span
- unstained
Strong:
- untouched
- shiny
- perfect
- bright
- purified
- ordered
- whitened
- cleansed
- spic-and-span
- sparkling
- spic-and-span
- combed
- ordered
- bleached
- bleached
- untouched
- orderly
- flawless
- tidy
- sparkling
- cleansed
- bright
- orderly
- tidy
- perfect
- groomed
- shiny
- combed
- whitened
- flawless
- groomed
- purified
Weak:
grimy Meaning
grimy (s)
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
grimy (superl.)
Full of grime; begrimed; dirty; foul.
grimy Sentence Examples
- The grime that accumulated on the windowsill left a sickly residue on the glass.
- The mechanic's jumpsuit was grimy from a long day of working on cars.
- The old city streets were grimy with a thick layer of soot and grime.
- The grimy hands of the worker contrasted sharply with the pristine white walls of the laboratory.
- The grimy alleyway reeked of garbage and decay.
- The grime caked onto the kitchen floor made it difficult to clean.
- The old book had a grimy cover that hinted at its age.
- The grimy water in the puddle reflected the dingy surroundings.
- The grimy paint on the walls of the abandoned house was peeling and flaking.
- The grimy air in the industrial area made it difficult to breathe.
FAQs About the word grimy
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or sootFull of grime; begrimed; dirty; foul.
blackened, black, dirty, dusty, stained, muddy,filthy, soiled, polluted, grungy
immaculate, neat, spick-and-span, stainless, cleanly, spotless, unsullied,clean, unsoiled, unsullied
The grime that accumulated on the windowsill left a sickly residue on the glass.
The mechanic's jumpsuit was grimy from a long day of working on cars.
The old city streets were grimy with a thick layer of soot and grime.
The grimy hands of the worker contrasted sharply with the pristine white walls of the laboratory.
