Clean and Grimy

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Clean

Clean adjective - Free from dirt or stain.
Usage example: although the soccer team always starts out with clean uniforms, they don't stay that way for long
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Grimy is an antonym for clean.
Nearby Words: clear, cleaned, cleanup, clearing, cleanly

Grimy

Grimy adjective - Not clean.
Usage example: this mirror is so grimy you can barely see your reflection in it
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Clean is an antonym for grimy in dirty topic.
Nearby Words: grim, grime, grimed
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  • Film / Battlefield Earth Braids, Beads and Buckskins: Suspiciously clean buckskins (Travolta didn't want the movie to look too grimy), for the first act, anyway.
    Source: Film / Battlefield Earth
  • Crystal Spires and Togas In Fallout 4, the Institute maintains a clean, sleek and white plastic appearance which deliberately invokes this motif and contrasts with the grimy, lived-in aesthetic seen everywhere else in the Commonwealth.
    Source: Crystal Spires and Togas
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