grubby
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
grubby (comparative grubbier, superlative grubbiest)
- Dirty, unwashed, unclean.
- Synonyms: grimy; see also Thesaurus:unclean
- He's a grubby little boy, always playing around by the stream.
- (figurative) Disreputable, sordid.
- 2020 December 19, Ross Douthat, “When You Can’t Just ‘Trust the Science’”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- I have in mind, in particular, the claim that has echoed through the liberal side of coronavirus-era debates — that the key to sound leadership in a pandemic is just to follow the science, to trust science and scientists, to do what experts suggest instead of letting mere grubby politics determine your response.
- Having grubs in it.
- 1944, National Live Stock Loss Prevention Board, Report, page 694:
- The United States Department of Agriculture states that grubs cost the livestock industry from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 each year. The average devaluation on grubby cattle is from 25 cents to one dollar per cwt.
Translations edit
dirty
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having grubs in it
Noun edit
grubby (plural grubbies)
Further reading edit
- “grubby”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.