grime

Speech parts

1. grime - Noun

2. grime - Verb

3. Grime - Proper noun

Meaning

Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.

To sully or soil deeply; to dirt.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

colly soil dirt dirty stain grease filth begrime bemire grunge earth black smut goop lint
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Antonyms

clean purity ceiling blank laundry cleanliness
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Hypernyms

change alter modify dirtiness uncleanness

Hyponyms

mire spot mud foul muddy slime

Phrases with the word

grime music free of grime

Anagrams

Regmi

Examples

If man was devolving into a psychotic pit of rotted plasma, [Karl] Rove would be the Alpha of such grime. Larisa Alexandrovna

I have a cousin called Flirta D who was big in the grime world, which made me really cool at school. 'Flirta D's your cousin?' 'Yeah, buddy.' 'He must be a millionaire!' Sampha

He nuzzled my neck, inhaling deeply. "Mmm. You smell so good.” "Oh, yeah,” I said, smirking. "I call this new perfume ‘Le Jungle grime et tropical BO.' ” "Dirt and sweat. Very sexy. James Patterson

I never felt like I was in the grime scene...I was the outsider. So when I veered away from it, I didn't feel like I was leaving the circle – I felt like I was never in it...No one paid me any attention...I had to do everything on my own. AJ Tracey

Grime is not like messiness or some fingerprints on a cabinet; it takes a long time to accumulate. Roz Chast

He that fights for a ne'er-do-well has nothing to show for it except a head covered in earth and grime. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

griman Grimbarian grimdark grime music grimeless Grimes