Meaning

3 senses
  1. (informal, uncountable)Dirt or filth, especially when difficult to clean.

    The cinema floor was covered in grunge deposited by the crowds.

    Schmutz, Dreck

  2. (informal, uncountable)The state of being filthy; grubbiness.

    Chad used to work as a coal miner, but couldn't handle the constant grunge.

  3. (uncountable)A subgenre of alternative rock, originating from Seattle, Washington in the early 1990s, which melds punk and metal.

    Alice liked to wear plaids and ripped jeans, and listen to grunge.

    Grunge

    гранжgranž

More definitions
  • anything regarded as making something unclean

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
subgenre of alternative music:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
dirt, filth:
subgenre of alternative music:

Origin

Back-formation from grungy.

Back-formation from grungy.

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Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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