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Filthy vs Grungy - What's the difference?

filthy | grungy |

As adjectives the difference between filthy and grungy

is that filthy is covered with filth; very dirty while grungy is dirty; shabby; in disrepair.

filthy

English

(wikipedia filthy)

Adjective

(er)
  • Covered with filth; very dirty.
  • Obscene or offensive.
  • Very unpleasant or disagreeable.

    • Antonyms

    * (covered with filth ): pristine * (obscene ): holy, venerable

    Synonyms

    * (covered with filth ): sleazy, slimy, grimy * (obscene ): gruesome

    Derived terms

    * filthy rich * filthily

    Quotations

    * (obscene'') 1987:''' “'''Filthy smirking Pat Robertson has come in second in the Iowa Republican caucuses.” -''Final Diary , Michael Grumley

    grungy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Dirty; shabby; in disrepair.
  • Of or relating to grunge music.

    • References

    * * * " grungy" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)