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Grimy vs Nastiness - What's the difference?

grimy | nastiness |

As an adjective grimy

is stained, or covered with grime.

As a noun nastiness is

(uncountable) a lack of cleanliness.

grimy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Stained, or covered with grime.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,
  • (music) From the urban musical genre called grime.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=November 27, work=BBC
    • , title= Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child has 'best guitar riff' , passage=Riffs from older songs seem to be more popular, as only two from the past decade made it into the top 20. They were Muse's Plug In Baby, at 11, and The White Stripes' grimy Seven Nation Army at 15. }}

    nastiness

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) a lack of cleanliness
  • (US, uncountable) dirt or filth
  • (uncountable) indecency or corruption
  • (countable) an unpleasant or disagreeable action, taste or smell

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