grimy
pronunciation
How to pronounce grimy in British English:
UK [ˈgraɪmi]
How to pronounce grimy in American English:
US [ˈɡraɪmi]
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- Adjective:
- thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
Word Origin
- grimy (adj.)
- 1610s, from grime + -y (2). "App[arently] not in literary use during the 18th c." [OED]. Related: Griminess.
Example
- 1. There is a grimy grain of truth in such stories .
- 2. Grimy storefronts advertise cheap clothing , shoes , and budget mobile-phone service .
- 3. Today kaifeng is grimy and poor , not even the provincial capital and so minor it lacks even an airport .
- 4. London is so big , grimy and unwieldy you often end the day feeling you have just paid a fortune to run a marathon in a coal mine .
- 5. Dongguan 's financial and high-tech industrial development zone looks like a verdant potemkin village , in contrast to the bustle of its grimy factory neighbourhoods .