Grubby — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

small sculpin of the coast of New England

infested with grubs

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡɹˈʌbi/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡɹˈʌbi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡɹˈʌbi/

2 syllables Say it as /ɡɹˈʌbi/.

Examples

a miner's begrimed face
dingy linen
grimy hands

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Myxocephalus aenaeus grungy raunchy grimy dingy begrimed

Parts of Speech

noun	small sculpin of the coast of New England
adjective	infested with grubs
adjective	thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot “a miner's begrimed face”

Word Forms

grub	noun	a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
dinge	noun	discoloration due to dirtiness
dinginess	noun	discoloration due to dirtiness
grime	noun	the state of being covered with unclean things
griminess	noun	the state of being grimy
grubbiness	noun	the state of being grimy
grunge	noun	the state of being covered with unclean things

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

schmuddelig

kleine Groppe der Küste Neuenglands

🇫🇷French

sale

petit chabot de la côte de la Nouvelle-Angleterre

🇪🇸Spanish

sucio

pequeña escultura de la costa de Nueva Inglaterra

🇮🇹Italian

sporco

piccola scultura della costa del New England

🇳🇱Dutch

vies

kleine sculpin van de kust van New England

🇵🇹Portuguese

sujo

pequena escultura da costa da Nova Inglaterra

🇷🇺Russian

грязный

маленький бычок побережья Новой Англии

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गंदा

न्यू इंग्लैंड के तट का छोटा स्कल्पिन

🇧🇩Bengali

নোংরা

নিউ ইংল্যান্ডের উপকূলের ছোট ভাস্কর্য

🇮🇳Tamil

முரட்டுத்தனமான

நியூ இங்கிலாந்து கடற்கரையின் சிறிய சிற்பம்

🇮🇳Telugu

గ్రుబ్బి

న్యూ ఇంగ్లాండ్ తీరం యొక్క చిన్న శిల్పం

🇮🇳Marathi

कुरूप

न्यू इंग्लंडच्या किनाऱ्यावरील लहान शिल्प

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખરાબ

ન્યૂ ઇંગ્લેન્ડના દરિયાકિનારાની નાની શિલ્પિન

🇮🇳Kannada

ರುಬ್ಬಿದ

ನ್ಯೂ ಇಂಗ್ಲೆಂಡ್ ಕರಾವಳಿಯ ಸಣ್ಣ ಶಿಲ್ಪ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മുഷിഞ്ഞ

ന്യൂ ഇംഗ്ലണ്ട് തീരത്തെ ചെറിയ ശിൽപം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗੰਦੀ

ਨਿਊ ਇੰਗਲੈਂਡ ਦੇ ਤੱਟ ਦੀ ਛੋਟੀ ਮੂਰਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

گندا

نیو انگلینڈ کے ساحل کا چھوٹا مجسمہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

肮脏的

新英格兰海岸的小杜父鱼

🇯🇵Japanese

汚い

ニューイングランド海岸の小さなカジカ

🇰🇷Korean

지저분한

뉴잉글랜드 해안의 작은 조각품

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bẩn thỉu

bức điêu khắc nhỏ của bờ biển New England

🇹🇭Thai

สกปรก

สกัลพินเล็ก ๆ ของชายฝั่งนิวอิงแลนด์

🇮🇩Indonesian

kotor

pematung kecil di pantai New England

🇵🇭Filipino

masungit

maliit na sculpin ng baybayin ng New England

🇲🇾Malay

kotor

patung kecil pantai New England

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ضيع

سكالبين صغير لساحل نيو إنجلاند

🇮🇷Persian

کثیف

مجسمه کوچک ساحل نیوانگلند

🇹🇷Turkish

pis

New England sahilindeki küçük heykel

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְלוּכלָך

פסל קטן של החוף של ניו אינגלנד

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