grubby

Definition of Grubby in English :

small sculpin of the coast of New England

2. grubby

infested with grubs

thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

Example Sentences:
'a miner's begrimed face'
'dingy linen'
'grimy hands'
'grubby little fingers'
'a grungy kitchen'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Grubby

adjective -bier or -biest

1.

dirty; slovenly

2.

mean; beggarly

3.

infested with grubs

adjectiveWord forms: ˈgrubbier or ˈgrubbiest

1.

infested with grubs, esp. with botfly larvae, as cattle or sheep

2.

dirty; messy; untidy

3.

inferior, contemptible, mean, etc.

adj. grub·bi·er, grub·bi·est

1. Dirty; grimy: grubby old work clothes. See Synonyms at dirty.

2. Infested with grubs.

3. Contemptible; despicable: has a grubby way of treating others.