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grungy

[gruhn-jee] / ˈgrʌn dʒi /


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Their collection featured grungy lace looks and leather-heavy co-ords, leaning on a colour palette that was moody and dark.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Representing Gomez’s children, they evoke something closer to a parent’s reality: lovable kids, grungy and soiled.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

“Peter Hujar’s Day” and “Late Fame”: Two films I saw at this year’s festival concerned the grungy creative mystique of New York in the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

But “Release The Bats” is a song from 1981 by Cave’s second band, the post-punk, grungy gothic noise merchants known as The Birthday Party.

From Salon • May 13, 2025

We turn to see a tall, thin, darkhaired man wearing a plaid shirt with rolled-up sleeves and grungy overalls.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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