grungier; grungiest
1
: shabby or dirty in character or condition
2
: characteristic of grunge music or fashion
Examples of grungy in a Sentence
After working in the garden all day, I felt sweaty and grungy.
a grungy pair of jeans
Recent Examples on the Web
Crystal Rose’s band were still setting up their gear at the East Room, a grungy venue next door to an occult shop in East Nashville, when a small group of women gathered near the front of the stage.
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Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
2 July 2026
An Atlanta developer aims to deploy the three Rs of waste management — reduce, reuse and recycle — to remake a grungy industrial area near the Beltline.
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Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
23 June 2026
Facing it were bean bag chairs on a shag rug carpet—and not the grungy kind.
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Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 June 2026
Wide-leg black jeans can sometimes skew either too grungy or too formal.
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India Roby,
Glamour,
8 June 2026
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Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
2 July 2026
An Atlanta developer aims to deploy the three Rs of waste management — reduce, reuse and recycle — to remake a grungy industrial area near the Beltline.
—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
23 June 2026
Facing it were bean bag chairs on a shag rug carpet—and not the grungy kind.
—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 June 2026
Wide-leg black jeans can sometimes skew either too grungy or too formal.
—
India Roby,
Glamour,
8 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for grungy
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“Grungy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grungy. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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