adjective
General Slang
grotty
· adjective · scouse
Dirty, grim, manky — properly unpleasant.
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Unpleasant, dirty, nasty. Coined in Liverpool — the Beatles popularised it in 'A Hard Day's Night' (1964) where it's used to describe naff shirts. Now standard British slang for anything grim, mucky or low-quality.
“That kitchen was absolutely grotty, I'm not eating there again.”
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Feeling unwell, run-down, off-colour. Body-state version of the same word — you're not ill enough to be in bed but you feel proper rough.
“Stayed in all weekend, felt dead grotty.”
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grotty In A Sentence
That kitchen was absolutely grotty, I'm not eating there again.
Stayed in all weekend, felt dead grotty.
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