Grubby
Obnoxious
Obnoxious adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.
Grubby and obnoxious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grubby" instead an adjective "Obnoxious".
Nearby Word: obnoxiously
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In the film, Beetlejuice was pretty grubby, but it was just another facet to how obnoxious he was.
Source: The Pig Pen -
Wodehouse; children (usually boys) are almost always portrayed as obnoxious, grubby little pests.
Source: Children Are Innocent - Children Are Innocent: Subverted at every opportunity — if a child appears in a Wodehouse story, nine times out of ten he (it's usually a he) will be an obnoxious grubby little pest.
Source: Literature / Jeeves and Wooster
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