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100 Best Synonyms for “Grimy”

September 17, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. ashy covered with ash
2. bedraggled wet, limp, and dirty
3. befouled made foul or dirty
4. begrimed covered with grime
5. begrubbied made dirty or grimy
6. bemired covered with mud
7. besmirched dirtied or sullied
8. blackened darkened by soot or dirt
9. blotched marked with dirty patches
10. caked covered with dried dirt
11. claggy sticky and dirty
12. clarty sticky with dirt
13. clouded made dull by dirt
14. contaminated made impure or dirty
15. crud-covered covered with crud
16. crud-encrusted covered with hardened dirt
17. cruddy dirty and unpleasant
18. decrepit worn, dirty, and neglected
19. dingy darkened and dirty
20. dirt-covered covered with dirt
21. dirty covered with dirt or filth
22. discolored stained to a dirty color
23. dulled made less bright by dirt
24. dust-caked covered with thick dust
25. dust-covered covered with dust
26. dust-streaked streaked with dust
27. dusty covered with dust
28. encrusted covered with hardened dirt
29. filth-caked covered with hardened filth
30. filth-streaked streaked with filth
31. filthy extremely dirty
32. finger-marked marked by dirty fingers
33. finger-smudged smudged by fingers
34. fogged made unclear by grime
35. foul offensively dirty
36. frowsty stuffy and dirty
37. frowzy slovenly and dirty
38. grease-smeared smeared with grease
39. grease-stained marked with grease stains
40. greasy covered with grease
41. grimed coated with grime
42. grit-covered covered with gritty dirt
43. grit-smeared smeared with grit
44. grit-streaked marked with gritty streaks
45. gritty full of grit or dirt
46. grody disgustingly dirty
47. grotty dirty and unpleasant
48. grubby dirty and untidy
49. grungy grimy and shabby
50. gunky covered with sticky dirt
51. icky dirty and unpleasant
52. ill-kept not kept clean
53. mired stuck in mud and dirty
54. mottled marked with uneven dirty patches
55. muck-covered covered with muck
56. mucky dirty and messy
57. mud-caked covered with dried mud
58. mud-smeared smeared with mud
59. mud-spattered splashed with mud
60. mud-streaked streaked with mud
61. muddy covered with mud
62. murky dark, dirty, and gloomy
63. neglected left dirty and uncared-for
64. oil-stained marked with oil stains
65. oily covered with oil
66. polluted made dirty by contamination
67. rank foul and filthy
68. road-grimed covered with road dirt
69. run-down dirty and neglected
70. scruffy shabby and dirty
71. scummy covered with scum or dirt
72. seedy shabby and dirty
73. shabby worn and dirty-looking
74. shop-soiled soiled from handling
75. slatternly untidy and dirty
76. slimy covered with slime
77. smeared spread with dirt or grease
78. smeary marked by dirty smears
79. smirched made dirty or stained
80. smoke-blackened blackened by smoke
81. smoke-stained stained by smoke
82. smudged marked with dirty streaks
83. smutty blackened with soot
84. soiled made dirty or stained
85. soot-blackened blackened by soot
86. sooty covered with soot
87. spattered splashed with dirt
88. splattered splashed messily with dirt
89. spotted marked with dirty spots
90. squalid filthy and neglected
91. stained marked by dirt or spots
92. streaked marked with dirty lines
93. sullied made dirty or impure
94. tainted slightly dirtied or spoiled
95. tarnished made dull and dirty
96. tatty worn and shabby
97. unclean not clean
98. unkempt messy and not clean
99. water-stained marked by dirty water stains
100. yucky very dirty or disgusting

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