grubby

1. 1.

   small sculpin of the coast of New England

   SynonymsMyxocephalus aenaeus

   Broadersculpin

   Part ofMyxocephalus

Other forms of grubby

plural

grubbies·

comparative or superlative

grubbier

comparative or superlative

grubbiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about grubby

What does grubby mean?

grubby means "infested with grubs". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in grubby?

grubby has 2 syllables: grub-by. The stress falls on "grub". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹʌbi/.

What is another word for grubby?

Close synonyms include begrimed, dingy, grimy, 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 grubby a common word?

grubby is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.