grungy

[gruhn-jee] /ˈgrʌn dʒi/
adjective, grungier, grungiest. Slang.
1.
ugly, run-down, or dilapidated:
a grungy, abandoned mill town.
2.
dirty; filthy:
a pair of grungy sneakers.
Origin
1965-70, Americanism; grunge + -y1
Related forms
grunginess, noun
Examples from the web for grungy
  • It's not the white-sanded littoral paradise of a thousand movies but a grungy, rock-strewn place.
  • Carry it in a briefcase or other, preferably grungy-looking, case.
British Dictionary definitions for grungy

grungy

/ˈɡrʌndʒɪ/
adjective (slang) -gier, -giest
1.
(mainly US & Canadian) squalid or seedy
2.
(of pop music) characterized by a loud fuzzy guitar sound
Word Origin and History for grungy
adj.

"sloppy, shabby," 1965, American English slang, perhaps a blend of grubby and dingy.

Slang definitions & phrases for grungy

grungy

adjective

Shabby; squalid; dirty; grotty, scuzzy: I put down in my grungy little notebook that Max Frisch was a wise man/ the peerless, fearless, slightly grungy Grodin to investigate

[1960s+ Teenagers; origin unknown; perhaps sound symbolism resembling gross, mangy, mung, stingy, etc]