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GRUBBY

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected forms: grubbier    , grubbiest   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small sculpin of the coast of New England

Synonyms:

grubby; Myxocephalus aenaeus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("grubby" is a kind of...):

sculpin (any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths)

Holonyms ("grubby" is a member of...):

genus Myxocephalus; Myxocephalus (grubby)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

Example:

a grungy kitchen

Synonyms:

begrimed; dingy; grimy; grubby; grungy; raunchy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)

Derivation:

grubbiness (the state of being grimy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Infested with grubs

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

grub (a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects)

Derivation:

grub (a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects)

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