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grottier

grottier is the comparative form of grotty.

Meaning of grotty

Adjective

grotty (comparative grottier, superlative grottiest)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Unpleasant, dirty, slovenly or offensive.
    • George: I wouldn't be seen dead in them. They're dead grotty.
      Simon: Grotty?
      George: Yeah, grotesque.1964, Alun Owen, A Hard Day's Night
    Synonyms:
    grody, gross, gro

Questions about grottier

What is grottier the comparative form of?
Grottier is the comparative form of grotty.

Words near grottier in the dictionary

  1. grots
  2. grotsky
  3. Grotthuss mechanism
  4. Grotthuss mechanisms
  5. Grotthuss-Draper law
  6. grottier
  7. grottiest
  8. grottily
  9. grottiness
  10. grotto
  11. grottoed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grottier (page history and authors); grotty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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