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