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GRIMINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does griminess mean?
• GRIMINESS (noun)
The noun GRIMINESS has 1 sense:
1. the state of being grimy
Familiarity information: GRIMINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being grimy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
griminess; grubbiness
Hypernyms ("griminess" is a kind of...):
dirtiness; uncleanness (the state of being unsanitary)
Derivation:
grimy (thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot)
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