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I had a grungy period and looked like a tramp for a very long time - my mum really hated it! I destroyed her entire '70s wardrobe by putting studs into everything - I thought I was really cool. But it's good to experiment - I even had dreadlocks at one point.
Clemence Poesy

Meaning of "grungy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GRUNGY

grungy  [ˈɡrʌndʒɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRUNGY

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

WHAT DOES GRUNGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of grungy in the English dictionary

The definition of grungy in the dictionary is squalid or seedy. Other definition of grungy is characterized by a loud fuzzy guitar sound.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRUNGY


basenji
bəˈsɛndʒɪ
bostangi
bɒˈstændʒɪ
dingy
ˈdɪndʒɪ
fringy
ˈfrɪndʒɪ
gungy
ˈɡʌndʒɪ
Gurindji
ɡʊˈrɪndʒɪ
kanji
ˈkændʒɪ
loungy
ˈlaʊndʒɪ
lozengy
ˈlɒzɪndʒɪ
mangey
ˈmeɪndʒɪ
mangy
ˈmeɪndʒɪ
mingy
ˈmɪndʒɪ
orangey
ˈɒrɪndʒɪ
orangy
ˈɒrɪndʒɪ
punji
ˈpʌndʒɪ
rangy
ˈreɪndʒɪ
scroungy
ˈskraʊndʒɪ
scungy
ˈskʌndʒɪ
spongy
ˈspʌndʒɪ
stingy
ˈstɪndʒɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRUNGY

grumpishness
grumps
grumpy
grundies
Grundy
Grundyism
grunge
grunger
grungier
grungiest
grunion
grunt
grunter
gruntle
gruntled
grup
gruppetti
gruppetto
Grus
grushie

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRUNGY

bungy
clingy
dungy
lingy
pongy
puddingy
singsongy
slangy
springy
stringy
swingy
tangy
thingy
twangy
wingy
zingy

Synonyms and antonyms of grungy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «grungy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRUNGY

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

Translator English - Chinese

蹩脚的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

roñoso
570 millions of speakers

English

grungy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

grungy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

grungy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шероховатый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sujo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

grungy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grungy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Grungy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

grungy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

汚れた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지저분한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grungy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

grunge
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

grungy,
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बुरशी आलेला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aşınmış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grungy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grungy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шорсткий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grungy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

grungy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grunge
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grungy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grungy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grungy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRUNGY»

The term «grungy» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.433 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRUNGY» OVER TIME

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

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6 QUOTES WITH «GRUNGY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word grungy.
1
Richard C. Armitage
I love being grungy and dirty.
2
Liam Gallagher
Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don't get it.
3
Jessica Hart
London is very fashion-forward. Everyone's very stylish, and the designers are great. It's very my style, grungy and feminine - a bit of everything.
4
Tom Jones
I've always worn jewellery but for a time it went out of fashion. Like grungy and punk bands didn't wear jewellery because it was stupid.
5
Chelsea Leyland
I think my style is quite grungy and punky. I love the '90s and the music from that time, and I love punk music. I'm also a fan of mixing vintage with some high fashion, which links back to my musical taste because I tend to mix old music with newer songs.
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Clemence Poesy
I had a grungy period and looked like a tramp for a very long time - my mum really hated it! I destroyed her entire '70s wardrobe by putting studs into everything - I thought I was really cool. But it's good to experiment - I even had dreadlocks at one point.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRUNGY»

Discover the use of grungy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grungy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary
gwaagwaaggidged 184 gwaakshing gwaaggaaded. gyaagwaaggaa= ded. gwaagwaaggidged vat have grungy knees, W, CL; pres ngwaa= gwaaggidge: rc e-gwaagwaa= ggidged. gyaagwaaggidged. gwaagwaagniked vai have grungy arms, ...
Richard A. Rhodes, 1985
2
Pascal Plus Data Structures, Algorithms, and Advanced ...
Sample Input File BADWORDS: grungy dirty, soiled, grimy, encrusted, awesome amazing, incredible, teeny small, tiny. File TEXTFILE: The apartment was so grungy it was totally awesome. The sofa was grungy, the floor was grungy, the fridge ...
Nell B. Dale, Susan C. Lilly, 1995
3
Tormented Prison
She would be dating the neighbor next door; he was this heavy, grungy, dark- bearded, deep-voiced man. The neighbor man and his mother would come to the coven gatherings. Mother thought it would be nice if our family and grungy man's  ...
Sky Gram, 2014
4
Ghost Cats: Human Encounters with Feline Spirits
They had a very friendly and personable cat named Grungy. Grungy was a five- year-old gray tabby cat and a beloved member of the family. He was neutered, had vivid stripes and long gray hair, and was well fed. Grungy was especially close ...
Twain Braden
5
Photoshop Secrets of the Pros: 20 Top Artists and Designers ...
mosaics, 238—242, 238—245 moth, 144, 145 motion blur in Conflict of Reflections match, 138 in Grungy-SeXy-Cool match, 218, 228, 228 in IAm Bagman match, 196, 197 MS Sans Serif font, 175 mule files, 60 multiple un-dos, 256—257 ...
Mark Clarkson, 2006
6
Speeding to the Millennium: Film and Culture 1993-1995
Maybe he's postmodern because he can't reason, because he has grungy ideas expressed with grungy diction? We know Stanley Kauffman thinks what we have in Pulp Fiction is grunge — an entertaining, escapist sort but nevertheless ...
Joseph Natoli, 1998
7
Gross Brain Teasers
James drops his peanut butter and pickle sandwich on his dog Grungy on the second day ofJune. Nine days later, Grungy rolls in the grass. Three days before Grungy rolls in the grass, James drops a tuna and potato chip sandwich on Grungy.
Jody Jensen Shaffer, 2013
8
The Adobe Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers (Covers ...
If you want that extreme-contrast, grungy look, you can create it right within Camera Raw itself byjust dragging a few sliders in the Basic panel. If you're going to leave Camera Raw and go to Photoshop at some point anyway, you should try  ...
Scott Kelby, 2013
9
The Star Keeper
HI den't thinlt l can climh baclc dewn!n cried the Grungy. nlieu den't have re," said Twinkle with a wink. “Just tie my string ar-nund yeu. Then held. en tight. I will bring yeu dewn safely." The Grungy wrapped the string areund his hands. Then he ...
Raymond Donald Blommer, 2011
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Hedgewitch
Grungy Candles for Attraction Country prim (as it is now called) fits right in with HedgeWitch magick, and grungy candles, a representation of this type of candle art design, are very easy to make. These primitive candles are perfect for attraction ...
Silver RavenWolf, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRUNGY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grungy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Reconsidering Child Labor
... that "transition" takes the form of grungy sweatshops. Europe experienced it, the U.S. experienced it, and the Third World is experiencing it. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Amandla Stenberg's Critique of Kylie Jenner's Cornrows Is Spot On
... repeat offender who's gotten in hot water before for donning dreadlocks, blackface and grills -- all of which are not shows of her "grungy style. «Papermag, Jul 15»
3
Bluesfest preview: Dallas Smith, a little bit rock and roll and a lot …
... more on the grungy side. That, at least, is the case for Dallas Smith, a kid from Langley, B.C., who cut his musical teeth on the Seattle sound. «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
4
Mr. Skeleton - Destroy The Bass [Free Download]
“Destroy The Bass” has that hard, grungy underground attitude that really gives character to the record and lets people connect. Press play ... «Your EDM, Jul 15»
5
MoVida Next Door for Sydney CBD; Toko izakaya to open in …
Liong has proven himself a very capable chef and nascent restaurateur at LHF mark I, in grungy Smith Street. His take on modern Chinese ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
6
Phono Del Sol Review: The Pros and Cons of Local, Intimate Festivals
Whether it was grungy, pop, or psychedelic, this year's lineup was a celebration of the city's continued presence as a top city within the genre. «SF Weekly, Jul 15»
7
Gold Cup 2015: Memo Ochoa Surprises With New Look During …
... but because of his grungy messy locks that female fans adored. Well ladies, Memo decided to go for something different and said goodbye to ... «Latin Times, Jul 15»
8
What's Behind The Barber Boom In Downtown St. John's?
"I grew up really in the kind of grungy punk rock era of the Nineties. If you were really combing your hair and giving it a side part and all that, ... «Huffington Post Canada, Jul 15»
9
Review: Saturday at T in the Park 2015
The Tut's tent is criminally empty for St Vincent's barrage of grungy guitar squall and throbbing darkwave synths. The entire performance is so ... «The List, Jul 15»
10
Give us an ear cuff, please
Stone encrusted pieces are perfect for evening wear and the more grungy variety for a casual day out. You now even have chain iterations, ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»

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