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What is the adjective for griminess?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb grime which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

grimy
  1. Stained or covered with grime.
  2. (music) From the urban musical genre called grime.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. dirty, filthy, smudged, begrimed, grimed, soiled, cruddy, draggled, foul, smutty, stained, sullied, unclean, befouled, bemired, besmeared, besmirched, dusty, grubby, grungy, mucky, smeared, sooty, bedraggled, black, blackened, dingy, festy, grotty, muddy, polluted, scungy, scuzzy, sordid, squalid, uncleanly, bogging, gungy, manky, messy, muddied, nasty, skanky, sleazy, uncleaned, yucky, dirt-encrusted, mud-caked, slimy, unwashed … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “She bent slightly to look under his grimy hat to check if he was joshing with her.”
      “They had docked near the edge of the town and made their way down the winding, grimy streets.”
      “Their streets were grimy and gritty, awash in alcohol and laced with drugs.”
grimeless
  1. Free of grime.
grimier
  1. comparative form of grimy: more grimy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dirtier, filthier, cruddier, fouler, smuttier, uncleaner, dustier, grubbier, grungier, muckier, sootier, blacker, dingier, grottier, muddier, scungier, scuzzier, sordider, squalider, gungier, mankier, messier, nastier, skankier, sleazier, yuckier, more soiled, more draggled, more stained, more sullied, more bedraggled, more blackened, more festy, more polluted, more uncleanly, more bogging, more muddied, more uncleaned, slimier, more unhygienic, more unsanitary, sloppier, more spotted, more contaminated, more insanitary, more tarnished, ickier, crummier, greasier, scummier … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Why not let him cut loose and go all Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa, instead of easing his way out of something a bit grimier?”
      “When I arrived in Caracas in November, I had been away for nearly four years, and the city looked grimier and more beat up than ever.”
      “But the orchestra delves into regions darker and grimier than Mahler's — the sub-crypt of a ruined world.”
grimiest
  1. superlative form of grimy: most grimy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dirtiest, filthiest, cruddiest, foulest, smuttiest, uncleanest, dustiest, grubbiest, grungiest, muckiest, sootiest, blackest, dingiest, grottiest, muddiest, scungiest, scuzziest, sordidest, squalidest, gungiest, mankiest, messiest, nastiest, skankiest, sleaziest, yuckiest, most soiled, most draggled, most stained, most sullied, most bedraggled, most blackened, most festy, most polluted, most uncleanly, most bogging, most muddied, most uncleaned, slimiest, most unhygienic, most unsanitary, sloppiest, most spotted, most contaminated, most insanitary, most tarnished, ickiest, crummiest, greasiest, scummiest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The Senate race was one of the dirtiest, grimiest, strangest campaigns in recent political history.”
      “While gangstas expend their energy promoting fashion labels or flogging sneakers, even the grimiest rappers are positively buffed by Jamaican standards.”
      “The menus from two tables were both the grimiest of the year.”
grimed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of grime
  2. Synonyms:
      3. soiled, stained, dirtied, befouled, besmirched, muddied, sullied, begrimed, fouled, smirched, blackened, smudged, daubed, mired, defiled, mucked, bemired, distained, gaumed, made dirty, made sooty, made grimy, smeared, tainted, polluted, contaminated, tarnished, spotted, spoilt, spoiled, discoloured, discolored, spattered, marked, corrupted, tarred, blotted, bespattered, blemished, splattered, blotched, injured, ruined, splashed, darkened, messed up, marred, debased, denigrated, made impure … more
griming
  1. present participle of grime
  2. Synonyms:
      3. soiling, staining, dirtying, befouling, besmirching, muddying, sullying, begriming, fouling, smirching, blackening, smudging, daubing, miring, defiling, mucking, bemiring, distaining, gauming, making dirty, making sooty, making grimy, smearing, tainting, polluting, contaminating, tarnishing, spotting, spoiling, discolouring, discoloring, spattering, marking, corrupting, tarring, blotting, bespattering, blemishing, splattering, blotching, ruining, injuring, splashing, darkening, messing up, marring, debasing, denigrating, making impure, blacking … more
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