grimy (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *grimy*:
ADJECTIVE	all	grimy, begrimed, dingy, grubby, grungy, raunchy	thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

grimy > pronunciation
Sounds	gray'miy
Rhymes	academy ... yummy: 83 rhymes with miy...

English > *grimy*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot.
Example	"grimy hands"
Synonyms	begrimed, dingy, grubby, grungy, raunchy
Broader	dirty, soiled, unclean	Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
Spanish	mugriento, sucio
Catalan	brut, llardós
Nouns	grime	the state of being covered with unclean things
Nouns	griminess	the state of being grimy

HyperDic: grimy