Grubby has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Adjective
Noun
1
small sculpin of the coast of New England
2
Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.
Adjective
2
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
"a miner's begrimed face"
"dingy linen"
"grimy hands"
"grubby little fingers"
"a grungy kitchen"
3
Dirty, unwashed, unclean.
Example Sentences
"a miner's begrimed face"
adjective
"dingy linen"
adjective
"grimy hands"
adjective
"grubby little fingers"
adjective
"a grungy kitchen"
adjective
Broader Terms (hypernyms)