grunge
dirt; filth; rubbish.
something of inferior quality; trash: He didn't know good music from grunge.
a person who works hard, usually for meager rewards; grind.
a style or fashion derived from a movement in rock music: in fashion characterized by unkempt clothing and in music by aggressive, nihilistic songs.
Origin of grunge
1Words Nearby grunge
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use grunge in a sentence
Depending on how you style it, there can be a grunge influence or a pop-punk influence.
Save Us. The Trend of Wearing Skirts Over Pants Is Back. | Alaina Demopoulos | September 27, 2021 | The Daily BeastIt was an era, the film contends, that was rampant with anger and sexist objectification, having already replaced the progressive spirit of the early-’90s grunge moment with a general neanderthal crudeness.
Who Should We Blame for the Death, Riots, and Misogynistic Mayhem of Woodstock ’99? | Nick Schager | July 23, 2021 | The Daily BeastYou take all of that and you then move it into Seattle in the ’90s, which was just before the grunge explosion hits.
If you’re getting the grunge out of your grout or removing it from the narrow space around faucets, you’ll want a small brush specifically designed for tile and grout cleaning.
Best spin scrubber: For floors so clean, they squeak | PopSci Commerce Team | March 16, 2021 | Popular-Sciencegrunge makes sense if you're a sad, self-righteous teenager.
Remembering Weezer’s ‘The Blue Album,’ A Garage Rock Classic, on Its 20th Anniversary | Andrew Romano | May 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Seriously—go raid your dusty CaseLogic archives and listen to a bunch of early, non-Nirvana grunge CDs sometime.
Remembering Weezer’s ‘The Blue Album,’ A Garage Rock Classic, on Its 20th Anniversary | Andrew Romano | May 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is a gray, almost grunge-like wedding dress by the designer Gareth Pugh, which he made for his friend Katie Shillingford.
Here Comes the Bride…In Flaming Red: Two Centuries of Colorful Wedding Dresses | Liza Foreman | May 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe fascinating tragedy of Flappy Bird might go down in history as a defining “grunge moment” for videogames.
Addiction & Fame: How Flappy Bird is the App Store’s Grunge Moment | Leigh Alexander | February 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBefore Dookie, guitar rock meant grunge: heavy, monotonic, humorless, and bleak.
How Green Day’s ‘Dookie’ Defined the 1990s and Changed Music Forever | Andrew Romano | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI paid grunge the grocer nineteen dollars on't; for he knows I'm an honest man, and trusted me.
In The Saddle | Oliver Optic
British Dictionary definitions for grunge
/ (ɡrʌndʒ) /
US slang dirt or rubbish
a style of rock music originating in the US in the late 1980s, featuring a distorted guitar sound
a deliberately untidy and uncoordinated fashion style
Origin of grunge
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse