grimier; grimiest
griminess
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this mirror is so grimy you can barely see your reflection in it
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The whole movie is touched by a '70s residue of studiously brooding rhythms, grimy interiors, and sleazy characters—one, played by a razor-sharp Charlotte Rampling—and elevated by one of Newman’s career-best performances.
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Tomris Laffly, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Director Marielle Heller’s fifth feature is by turns imaginative, funny, grimy, and packed with ideas about the sacrifices mothers, going well beyond the usual pat stereotypes.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
For extra grimy cases, a baking soda and vinegar paste can be used to scrub those areas.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
The cell floor, like all the others, was covered with unidentifiable stains and strewn with grimy gray blankets and bits of clothing.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Tomris Laffly, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Director Marielle Heller’s fifth feature is by turns imaginative, funny, grimy, and packed with ideas about the sacrifices mothers, going well beyond the usual pat stereotypes.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
For extra grimy cases, a baking soda and vinegar paste can be used to scrub those areas.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
The cell floor, like all the others, was covered with unidentifiable stains and strewn with grimy gray blankets and bits of clothing.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Grimy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grimy. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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