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grottiest

grottiest is the superlative 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 grottiest

What is grottiest the superlative form of?
Grottiest is the superlative form of grotty.

Words near grottiest in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grottiest (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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