grody

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɡɹoʊdi/

Definition of grody

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (US, informal)Nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque.
    “I wouldn't set foot in that bar; the floor looks grody.”
    “And the lady, like, goes / "Oh, my god, your toenails are, like, so grody" / […] / It’s like grody / Grody to the max / […] / Gross!”
    “Oh wait. It's just grody and rotten. The Cheat, will you please freaking clean up after yourself?”

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Etymology

From groady, apparently a clipping of grotesque + -y (intervocalic /t/ and /d/ are similar in American English). Compare British grotty, of the same origin, and gro. Popularized by Moon Unit Zappa in song "Valley Girl" (1982) in phrase "grody to the max", as archetypal Southern California Valleyspeak; song also popularized "gag me with a spoon".

Anagrams of grody

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