grungy
pronunciation
How to pronounce grungy in British English:
UK [ˈgrʌndʒi]
How to pronounce grungy in American English:
US [ˈɡrʌndʒi]
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- Adjective:
- thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
Word Origin
- grungy (adj.)
- "sloppy, shabby," 1965, American English slang, perhaps based on, or blended from, grubby and dingy.
Example
- 1. Sloppy clothing , wrinkled duds , grungy jeans and tacky shoes spell loser .
- 2. As grungy as the rock audience may have been , it wanted its music explosively amplified and expertly modulated ; it wanted to hear the beat through its pores .
- 3. I later saw a film andrea arnold 's " red road " in which the protagonist goes to a party in a grungy public housing apartment in glasgow ; today the fictional and real experiences have blended in my mind .
- 4. " For me personally , I don 't like the taste . They actually leave me feeling a bit nauseous and grungy -- if you can believe that , " said a smoker who has tried the illegal cigarettes .