grimier; grimiest
griminess
noun
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this mirror is so grimy you can barely see your reflection in it
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In a grimy torture complex of a Buenos Aires prison as military dictatorship rages in the outside world, Luis is locked up for public indecency, while Valentin is behind bars for his participation in a leftist revolutionary group trying to topple the government.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
When Lou Holtz talks: A) I’m transported to a grimy locker room, faint sounds of the marching band and crowd in the background, gathering fervor with each word and ready to run through a wall by the time he’s done giving his Knute Rockne-quality speech.
—Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
The soft rubber organizing slats hold snowboards, alpine skis, Nordic skis, or any combination of snow gear, making this contraption a great alternative to leaning gear against the car’s paint or laying it on a rocky, grimy parking lot surface.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
Western tales tend to fall somewhere on the spectrum between classic good-guys-versus-bad-guys conflicts and grimy, demythologizing revisionist takes on the American West.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
When Lou Holtz talks: A) I’m transported to a grimy locker room, faint sounds of the marching band and crowd in the background, gathering fervor with each word and ready to run through a wall by the time he’s done giving his Knute Rockne-quality speech.
—Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
The soft rubber organizing slats hold snowboards, alpine skis, Nordic skis, or any combination of snow gear, making this contraption a great alternative to leaning gear against the car’s paint or laying it on a rocky, grimy parking lot surface.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
Western tales tend to fall somewhere on the spectrum between classic good-guys-versus-bad-guys conflicts and grimy, demythologizing revisionist takes on the American West.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Grimy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grimy. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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