grimy
/ˈɡɹaɪmi/ adjective C2- Stained or covered with grime.
- From the urban musical genre called grime.
- Morally corrupt, malicious, vile, or selfish; base or dirty; rotten. · 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.
- Of a beat or song, darkly atmospheric; having affinities with the style of the East Coast hip hop of the 90s, especially that of New York.
Comparative grimier · Superlative grimiest
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I have seen death in many forms, but never has it appeared to me in a more fearsome aspect than in that dark grimy apartment, which looked out upon one of the main arteries of suburban London.
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