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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The rubber seal on your dishwasher, refrigerator, or washing machine can get pretty grimy.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025
Scenes stretch on too long, Lynette’s misbegotten plans play out in predictable fashion, and even a handful of genuinely thrilling action sequences (like Lynette’s escape from that grimy garage, told through an eye-popping oner) can’t quite keep things ticking along.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
Looming on the horizon above him is the remnants of a dystopian Tokyo that looks grimy and undeniably pretty in equal measure.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Tyler’s imprisonment at the nearby Willow Hill Psychiatric Facility—whose grimy environs recall Batman’s Arkham Asylum, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and so many other fictional houses of psychological horrors—is the site of a promising new (but easily spoiled) subplot.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025
Scenes stretch on too long, Lynette’s misbegotten plans play out in predictable fashion, and even a handful of genuinely thrilling action sequences (like Lynette’s escape from that grimy garage, told through an eye-popping oner) can’t quite keep things ticking along.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
Looming on the horizon above him is the remnants of a dystopian Tokyo that looks grimy and undeniably pretty in equal measure.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Tyler’s imprisonment at the nearby Willow Hill Psychiatric Facility—whose grimy environs recall Batman’s Arkham Asylum, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and so many other fictional houses of psychological horrors—is the site of a promising new (but easily spoiled) subplot.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Grimy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grimy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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