Definition of GRIMY

grimy

Adjective Satellite

  • thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
    • "grimy hands"

Adj

  • Stained or covered with grime.
  • From the urban musical genre called grime.
  • Morally corrupt, malicious, vile, or selfish; base or dirty; rotten.
  • Darkly atmospheric; having affinities with the style of the East Coast hip hop of the 90s, especially that of New York.

Adjective

  • Covered with dirt or grime; dirty.

Examples

  • The old Scrabble tiles were so grimy, I could barely make out the letters.
  • When I was 18 I was grimy af. I wouldn't share my food with you even if you were starving and about to die.

Origin / Etymology

From grime + -y.

Scrabble Score: 11

grimy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
grimy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
grimy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

grimy: valid Words With Friends Word