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What (who) is grotty - definition


grotty      
(grottier, grottiest)
If you describe something as grotty, you mean that it is unpleasant or of poor quality and you dislike it strongly. (BRIT INFORMAL)
...a grotty little flat in Camden.
ADJ [disapproval]
grotty      
¦ adjective (grottier, grottiest) Brit. informal
1. unpleasant and of poor quality.
2. unwell.
Derivatives
grottiness noun
Origin
1960s: from grotesque + -y1.
Examples of use of grotty
1. He called it Peter‘s Grotto, I called it Peter‘s Grotty Grotto.
2. He wears an unchanging uniform of jeans, cheap T–shirts, grotty old jumpers and windcheater jackets.
3. Till some 18 months ago, this was the village toilet, a grotty, smelly wasteland.
4. The first I knew of it was that I felt a bit grotty and started to feel shivery inside.
5. At the moment it is a grotty, rubblestrewn room with paint peeling off the walls and a rotting windowsill.