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grubby

adjective as in dirty, disheveled

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He stress-tests our icky, grubby pity for Matthew and, beyond that, the flimsiness of modern fame culture and its fake-it-till-you-make-it inspirational platitudes.

There were a few water taps around the edges but no proper showers and only grubby blankets on the floor.

From BBC

A massive "Home Furnishings" banner glares over the line of grubby once-white caravans, many with padlocked doors and windows taped shut.

From BBC

At the risk of sounding like a grubby leftist that Republicans want to ignore, but the GOP has what you might call a collective action problem.

From Salon

"I have got his grubby t-shirt on so I can smell him," she added.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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