Grunge is the name of a fashion and of a type of music. Grunge fashion involves wearing clothes which look old and untidy. Grunge music is played on guitars and is very loud.
2. uncountable noun
Grunge is dirt.
[US, informal]
grungyadjective
...grungy motel rooms.
More Synonyms of grunge
grunge in British English
(ɡrʌndʒ)
noun
1. US slang
dirt or rubbish
2.
a style of rock music originating in the US in the late 1980s, featuring a distorted guitar sound
3.
a deliberately untidy and uncoordinated fashion style
Word origin
C20: possibly a coinage imitating grime + sludge
grunge in American English
(grʌndʒ)
US
noun
1. Slang
something grungy; specif., garbage or dirt
2. US
a.
a form of rock music that originated in the 1990s, characterized by loud guitar anddrum playing and nihilistic lyrics
b.
a fashion style emphasizing used, tattered, and ill-fitting, esp. baggy, clothes and including plaid flannel shirts, heavy boots, etc.
Examples of 'grunge' in a sentence
grunge
The grunge music was pumping out loudly from the speakers.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
For more casual fans this show was a reminder of how musically conservative and lazily derivative the grunge sound always was.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He's into grunge music and his dress sense reflects that.
The Sun (2009)
By contrast, grunge music seems more muddled.
Christianity Today (2000)
Let's go back to the grunge era.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Its blistering songs influenced generations of artists and put the grunge scene and Seattle on the musical map.
The Sun (2011)
I still have a box of clothes from that grunge collection somewhere.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The grunge look first emerged in the early 1990s and saw off the glossy 1980s aesthetic that had preceded it.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In other languages
grunge
British English: grunge NOUN
Grunge is the name of a fashion and of a type of music. Grunge fashion involves wearing clothes which look old and untidy. Grunge music is played on guitars and is very loud.
American English: grunge
Brazilian Portuguese: grunge
Chinese: 垃圾摇滚
European Spanish: grunge
French: grunge
German: Grunge
Italian: grunge
Japanese: グランジ
Korean: 보통 깔끔하지 못한 헌옷 같은 것을 입는 그런지 스타일
European Portuguese: grunge
Latin American Spanish: grunge
(noun)
Definition
a deliberately untidy and uncoordinated fashion style
cleaning the grunge from under the microwave
Synonyms
dirt
I started to scrub off the dirt.
muck
This congealed muck was interfering with the filter.
filth
tons of filth and sewage
grime
She washed the grime off her hands.
grot (slang)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of filth
Definition
disgusting dirt and muck
tons of filth and sewage
Synonyms
dirt,
refuse,
pollution,
muck,
shit (taboo, slang),
crap (taboo, slang),
garbage,
sewage,
contamination,
dung,
sludge,
squalor,
grime,
faeces,
slime,
excrement,
nastiness,
carrion,
excreta,
crud (slang),
foulness,
putrefaction,
ordure,
defilement,
kak (South Africa, vulgar, slang),
grot (slang),
filthiness,
uncleanness,
putrescence,
foul matter
in the sense of grime
Definition
ingrained dirt
She washed the grime off her hands.
Synonyms
dirt,
filth,
soot,
smut,
grot (slang)
in the sense of muck
Definition
dirt or filth
This congealed muck was interfering with the filter.