Grubby

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–adjective

1. dirty; slovenly: children with grubby faces and sad eyes. 

2. infested 

with 

or affected by grubs or larvae. 



grub

–verb (used without object) 

10. to dig; search 

by 

or as if by digging: We grubbed through piles of old junk to [find] the deed. 



3. contemptible: grubby political tricks.  



Synonyms:

1. grimy, unkempt, messy, filthy, bedraggled.





　

Cameos from pool champ Willie Mosconi and boxer Jake LaMotta add to the atmosphere of Harry Horner's grubby production design and Eugen Schüfftan's camerawork.





raunchy slob unkempt

randy

and Randal (Jeff Anderson), that [spiky], even less evolved specimen of dedicated...uh, [randiness]

bandy

from one to another, back and forth

to bandy [blows] [words]

disheveled

But the [souffle] never [rises], for reasons that begin with the fact that the [disheveled] Jerry seems like a certifiable lunatic in immediate need of extended treatment.



bristle brittle

ruffle

rumple 

irregular, uneven, jagged.

Jerry's assistant Watson (rumple-faced Irv Gooch)

corrugate

corrugated [cardboard]

The picture is unthinkable [without] her presence—swaying between the [jubilant] and the [fretful], all wide [eyes] and corrugated [brow]. 

furrow

In spring, [farmers] are busy furrowing the fields.

His [brow] furrowed.



frazzle

but by her extravagant turn as a [frazzled] performance artist

floating notions about loneliness and urban beauty, frazzled [adults] and buffeted [kids]. 

Meanwhile, [frazzled] shoe salesman Richard is splitting with his wife 

frizzle

no accent, frizzed [hair] or darkened complexion, and no attempt to consciously rein in emotion.

fizzle

That the climax [fizzles] must be laid on doorstep of Halsted Welles, who adapts Elmore Leonard's story quite well until that point.

Debauchery