"grimy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹaɪmi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-grimy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: grimier [comparative], grimiest [superlative]
Etymology: From grime + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|grime|y|id2=adjectival}} grime + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} grimy (comparative grimier, superlative grimiest)
  1. Stained or covered with grime. Categories (topical): Hygiene Translations (covered with grime): мръсен (mrǎsen) (Bulgarian), кирлив (kirliv) (Bulgarian), grijmig (Dutch), roetig (Dutch), pinttynyt (Finnish), cotrento (Galician), cotroso (Galician), cotrañento (Galician), poke (Maori), smutsig (Swedish), sotig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-grimy-en-adj-SZQquU~J Disambiguation of Hygiene: 37 32 9 22 Disambiguation of 'covered with grime': 57 22 3 18
  2. (music) From the urban musical genre called grime. Categories (topical): Music, Hygiene
    Sense id: en-grimy-en-adj-U7kcIrE6 Disambiguation of Hygiene: 37 32 9 22 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (slang) Morally corrupt, malicious, vile, or selfish; base or dirty; rotten. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-grimy-en-adj-AcagsT6w
  4. (slang, hip-hop, 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. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Hygiene
    Sense id: en-grimy-en-adj-kRywZGqY Disambiguation of Hygiene: 37 32 9 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 15 26 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 14 28 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 8 17 21 54 Topics: dancing, hip-hop, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: grimey

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