grungier; grungiest
1
: shabby or dirty in character or condition
2
: characteristic of grunge music or fashion
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Examples of grungy in a Sentence
After working in the garden all day, I felt sweaty and grungy.
a grungy pair of jeans
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But the sight of a down-and-out Dan Aykroyd in a Santa suit eating a slab of salmon through his grungy cotton-candy beard fills us with the holiday spirit.
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Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Blasé waves are basically a collision between the old money, quiet luxury, Upper East-Sider aesthetics that have been blowing up on TikTok and the bratty, grungy, rebel movements that have been taking off as an antidote.
—Elle Turner, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2024
Kim Gordon, The Collective The list of ingredients appears to spell chaos: shimmering guitars, grungy drum machines, a 70-year-old white woman.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
As the humans fight back, Alvarez folds in callbacks to the iconic movies that sandwich his story, tributes that come in the form of recognizable dialogue, an eyebrow-raising supporting character and the incredibly grungy atmosphere created by analog technology that can’t be faked.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
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Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Blasé waves are basically a collision between the old money, quiet luxury, Upper East-Sider aesthetics that have been blowing up on TikTok and the bratty, grungy, rebel movements that have been taking off as an antidote.
—Elle Turner, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2024
Kim Gordon, The Collective The list of ingredients appears to spell chaos: shimmering guitars, grungy drum machines, a 70-year-old white woman.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
As the humans fight back, Alvarez folds in callbacks to the iconic movies that sandwich his story, tributes that come in the form of recognizable dialogue, an eyebrow-raising supporting character and the incredibly grungy atmosphere created by analog technology that can’t be faked.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Grungy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grungy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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