ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsGgrimy
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grimy
Meaning: covered with dirt or soot
grimy in a sentence
How grimy is used in real sentences:
His hands became grimy while he repaired the bicycle chain.
The mechanic wiped her grimy fingers on an old cloth.
“A grimy film covered the glass roof, so little sunlight reached the floor.”
— from the passage Life Under Glass
Synonyms for grimy
Other words for grimy — dirty, filthy and sooty — carry the same meaning.
- dirty
- filthy
- sooty
Antonyms of grimy
Words that mean the opposite of grimy:
- clean
- spotless
Where it comes from
From English grime 'deep dirt'
Memory hook
Grimy rhymes with slimy, and both need cleaning.