grubby

3 definitions • 5 examples

dirty:

He was wearing some old shorts and a grubby T-shirt.

Don't wipe your grubby hands on my clean towel!

If you describe an activity or someone's behaviour as grubby, you do not think that it is honest, fair, or acceptable:

She sees the business of making money as just grubby opportunism.

He doesn't want this story to get into the grubby hands of the tabloid press (= to be obtained by newspapers that are not honest and fair).

dirty or messy:

grubby old clothes