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Meaning of "grubbier" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GRUBBIER

grubbier  [ˈɡrʌbɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRUBBIER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grubbier is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRUBBIER


Arabia
əˈreɪbɪə
beer
bɪə
bier
bɪə
cambia
ˈkæmbɪə
Colombia
kəˈlɒmbɪə
Columbia
kəˈlʌmbɪə
cumbia
ˈkʊmbɪə
Gambia
ˈɡæmbɪə
homophobia
ˌhəʊməʊˈfəʊbɪə
Kabir
kəˈbɪə
labia
ˈleɪbɪə
Libya
ˈlɪbɪə
Namibia
nɑːˈmɪbɪə
Nubia
ˈnjuːbɪə
phobia
ˈfəʊbɪə
Rabia
rəˈbɪə
Serbia
ˈsɜːbɪə
suburbia
səˈbɜːbɪə
tibia
ˈtɪbɪə
Zambia
ˈzæmbɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRUBBIER

grub
grub hoe
grub screw
Grub Street
grubbed
grubber
grubbiest
grubbily
grubbiness
grubbing
grubbing hoe
grubby
grubstake
grudge
grudge match
grudgeful
grudging
grudgingly
grue
gruel

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRUBBIER

chubbier
clubbier
crabbier
flabbier
gabbier
gambier
gobbier
grabbier
herbier
jambier
knobbier
plebbier
ribier
scabbier
scrubbier
shabbier
shrubbier
stubbier
tubbier
webbier

Synonyms and antonyms of grubbier in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GRUBBIER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «grubbier» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of grubbier

Translation of «grubbier» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRUBBIER

Find out the translation of grubbier to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of grubbier from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grubbier» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

grubbier
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

grubbier
570 millions of speakers

English

grubbier
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

grubbier
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

grubbier
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

grubbier
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grubbier
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

grubbier
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grubbier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Grubbier
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

grub
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

grubbier
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

grubbier
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grubbier
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

grubbier
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

grubbier
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिचुंद्री
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

grubbier
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grubbier
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grubbier
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

grubbier
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grubbier
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

grubbier
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grubbier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grubbier
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grubbier
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grubbier

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRUBBIER»

The term «grubbier» is used very little and occupies the 178.912 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRUBBIER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «grubbier» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «grubbier» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grubbier

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRUBBIER»

Discover the use of grubbier in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grubbier and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cincinnati Magazine
The surroundings get grubbier and grubbier in the search for cans. The corner at Twelfth and Vine is even more deserted than Seventh and Vine. Only a giant pile of wine bottles, the little no-necked ones named after cars and flowers. No cans.
2
Everyday Gods
The woman seemed almost relieved. She composed herself and continued, 'Well , he had always taken care of the bloody thing, cleaned the filters, all that kind of crap, but with him out of the picture the thing just got grubbier and grubbier.
D. M. S. Lewis, 2011
3
Village Affairs
Patrick grew grubbier and grubbier as he delved among the piles of furled maps, bundles of raffia, odd tennis shoes, a set of croquet mallets bequeathed us by the vicar, innumerable large biscuit tins 'which might come in useful' and, right at ...
Miss Read, 2008
4
Fancy's Way
“I suppose that means I can't change,” Fancy pleaded, feeling grubbier and grubbier by the second. Is that me I smell? he wondered. “If you'll follow me, Lieutenant, I'll take you right up.” Fancy pursed his lips, shook his head resignedly, and ...
Walter A. Turner, 2000
5
Secrets
Antonia looked at the old motel that seemed to recede in a line of motels growing grubbier and grubbier. Disorientation from the New Years' Eve champagne on the airplane and old memories jangled like bracelets. She remembered Anais Nin ...
Jo Ann Lordahl, 2005
6
An Olympic Challenge
“Yep, the best thing ever,” said Amanda, brightening again. “You see, Arthur, as I lay in my bed or lounged in my flat that was getting grubbier and grubbier, I saw myself as totally useless, no point to being here and I cried and cried and yelled ...
Philip Bradbury, 2011
7
A Poet, on Park Hill?
It has been standing there since the 1950's and has only really become grubbier and grubbier over those years. It was declared an area of architectural importance by the National Heritage Trust and has received a grade II status oflisted ...
Rowan Blair Colver, 2010
8
The Right to a Healthy Environment: Revitalizing Canada's ...
Meanwhile things get grubbier and grubbier.”60 In 1978, the Canadian Environmental Law Association concluded that the constitution's silence “led to jurisdictional buck-passing between the federal and provincial governments, failure to pass ...
David R. Boyd, 2012
9
The Male Teenager's Nine Middle Signs of Alcoholism
He always prided himself on his appearance but now is looking grubbier and grubbier. A lot of the time his clothes are in need of mending, ironing, and/or washing. Lately it does not seem to matter to him. 5. PERsoNAL CARE: HYGIENE ...
Becki Bateman, Dave Payne, 2013
10
Portents, Pill-Popping & Almighty Strops
A lark had always been dear to her, the dingier and grubbier the better. And what could be dingier and grubbier than working your way through a bottle of aspirin on a subway ride to Coney Island? Just sitting there next to him made her realise  ...
Tom Davies, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRUBBIER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grubbier is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Surprising enterprise for this quiet village location
... neighbours (stand by for more letters) and seemed to be catering for a market that I naïvely assumed was a feature of the grubbier parts of big ... «Lynn News, Jul 15»
2
Second Chances
and play grubbier Hollywood dives. But despite a pair of albums on IRS imprint Faulty Products and a rep for great shows and musicianship, ... «Pasadena Weekly, Jul 15»
3
Richard Moore: Here is what's bugging me ...
It rates 10 LSGL - 10 times grubbier than a toilet seat. Or handling money, which is a skin-crawling 4000 LSGL. I shouldn't mention this one, but ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
4
Buy a TV licence? You must be joking!
Whittingdale is well versed on its grubbier mistakes, having dragged successive director-generals before the Commons culture select ... «The Sunday Times, Jun 15»
5
Join the dots
The Invisible Dot crouches half-way down a side street near the grubbier part of King's Cross in London. A discreet door in the side of an old ... «The Sunday Times, Jun 15»
6
Noseweek Issue #189, 1st July 2015 By Jacques Pauw
... a Sunday newspaper once wrote that if journalists were the “nagkardrywers” (sewerage cart drivers) of society, I'm grubbier than any of them. «Noseweek, Jun 15»
7
What to watch: True Detective, The Brink, Tattoo Fixers and Don't …
Farrell's a cop grubbier than a city pigeon slick in a congealed inkwell, Vaughan oozes as a shady wheeler dealer, McAdams is – we hope ... «Evening Standard, Jun 15»
8
Philip Guston, Timothy Taylor Gallery
... of painting with which he'd begun his career in the 1930s, when American Regionalism was at its peak, but simplified, grubbier, made banal. «The Arts Desk, Jun 15»
9
THE CITY: Tory lays traps for Ford in Gardiner Expressway debate
... talking in somewhat grubbier terms. Unification for Tory must first be about solidifying his own political support, in neighbourhoods where the ... «insideTORONTO.com, Jun 15»
10
Baku 2015: We watched the opening ceremony at one of Londons …
... in the international arena. The Sport for Rights campaign dubs it sportswashing. But Aliyev has made his reputation grubbier than ever. «International Business Times, India Edition, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Grubbier [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/grubbier>. Apr 2024 ».
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