GRUBBY

begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy

(adjective) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; “a miner’s begrimed face”; “dingy linen”; “grimy hands”; “grubby little fingers”; “a grungy kitchen”

grubby

(adjective) infested with grubs

grubby, Myxocephalus aenaeus

(noun) small sculpin of the coast of New England

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

grubby (comparative grubbier, superlative grubbiest)

Dirty, unwashed, unclean.

Having grubs in it.

Noun

grubby (plural grubbies)

(US, dialect) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.

Source: Wiktionary

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Grub"by, a. Etym: [From Grub.]

Definition: Dirty; unclean. [Colloq.] The grubby game of marbles. Lond. Sat. Rev.

Grub"by, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any species of Cottus; a sculpin. [Local, U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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