grimy Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- smutty
- messy
- sloppy
- dingy
- grotty
- begrimed
- chaotic
- mucky
- polluted
- foul
- cruddy
- grungy
- unclean
- bedraggled
- nasty
- smudged
- uncleanly
- grubby
- sordid
- soiled
- greasy
Weak:
- unsterilized
- untidy
- confused
- contaminated
- cluttered
- gunky
- insanitary
- besmirched
- sleazy
- disarranged
- scruffy
- unsterile
- defiled
- scuzzy
- jumbled
- tainted
- raunchy
- fuliginous
- slovenly
- squalid
- unwashed
- impure
- disarrayed
- dishevelled
- disheveled
- mussy
- messed
- befouled
- disordered
- rumpled
- unkempt
- bemired
- shabby
- germy
- littered
- skanky
- unsanitary
- draggled
- sooty
- sullied
- muddled
- uncleaned
Strongest:
- ultraclean
- unstained
- ultraclean
- cleaned
- neat
- immaculate
- spick-and-span
- clear
- unsullied
- cleanly
- unsoiled
- unsoiled
- stainless
- pure
- limpid
- spotless
- neat
- unsullied
- cleanly
- pure
- immaculate
- spotless
- clear
- spick-and-span
- clean
- clean
- limpid
- cleaned
- unstained
- stainless
Strong:
- shiny
- flawless
- bright
- bright
- groomed
- purified
- flawless
- combed
- tidy
- whitened
- ordered
- spic-and-span
- orderly
- perfect
- bleached
- bleached
- ordered
- tidy
- sparkling
- shiny
- combed
- purified
- groomed
- cleansed
- sparkling
- whitened
- cleansed
- orderly
- untouched
- perfect
- spic-and-span
- untouched
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, dirty, muddy, dusty, black, stained,filthy, smutty, messy, sloppy
ultraclean, unstained, ultraclean, cleaned, neat, immaculate, spick-and-span, clear, unsullied, cleanly
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.