Grungier
[gruhn-jee] /ˈgrʌn dʒi/
adjective, grungier, grungiest. Slang.
1.
ugly, run-down, or dilapidated:
a grungy, abandoned mill town.
2.
dirty; filthy:
a pair of grungy sneakers.
/ˈɡrʌndʒɪ/
adjective (slang) -gier, -giest
1.
(mainly US & Canadian) squalid or seedy
2.
(of pop music) characterized by a loud fuzzy guitar sound
adj.
“sloppy, shabby,” 1965, American English slang, perhaps a blend of grubby and dingy.
adjective
Shabby; squalid; dirty; grotty, scuzzy: I put down in my grungy little notebook that Max Frisch was a wise man/ the peerless, fearless, slightly grungy Grodin to investigate
[1960s+ Teenagers; origin unknown; perhaps sound symbolism resembling gross, mangy, mung, stingy, etc]
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