grimy

Questions about grimy

What does grimy mean?

grimy means "thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot".

How many syllables are in grimy?

grimy has 2 syllables: gri-my. The stress falls on "gri". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹaɪmi/.

What is another word for grimy?

Close synonyms include begrimed, dingy, grubby, grungy, raunchy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grimy a common word?

grimy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.