grungy

Questions about grungy

What does grungy mean?

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

How many syllables are in grungy?

grungy has 2 syllables: grun-gy. The stress falls on "grun". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹʌndʒi/.

What is another word for grungy?

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

grungy 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.