Meaning & use
grotty
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Unpleasant, dirty, or of poor quality (British informal).
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They stayed in a grotty motel just off the motorway.
The flat looked grotty until they gave it a fresh coat of paint.
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Grotty is British slang, likely a shortened alteration of 'grotesque,' popularized in the 1960s.
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