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Grotty

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Chiefly British Slang Very unpleasant; miserable.

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adj. unpleasant, dirty, slovenly or offensive

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. very unpleasant or offensive

Word Usage

"MPs attack £5bn government bill for 'grotty' new housing risks repeating the mistakes of the postwar boom by wasting hundreds of millions of pounds on funding "grotty" new homes, say MPs."

Equivalent

nasty awful

Variant

grottiest grottier

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

grody

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