Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Dirty, unwashed, unclean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: grimy, befouled, besmirched, clarty, cruddy, dirtsome, dirty, foul, grotty, grubby, horry, icky, lousy, manky, nasty, seamy, soiled, sordid, squalid, sullied, unclean, unwashed, yucky
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Disreputable, sordid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Having grubs in it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dialectal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
infested with grubs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: begrimed, dingy, grimy, grungy, raunchy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
small sculpin of the coast of New England
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Myxocephalus aenaeus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sculpin
History
Etymology tree English grub Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English grubby From grub + -y.
Across languages
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
