grody

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/ˈɡɹoʊdi/

adjective

Nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque.

“I wouldn't set foot in that bar; the floor looks grody.”

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Meanings

adjectivegrody (comparative grodier, superlative grodiest)

comparative grodier · superlative grodiest · alternative groady

  1. USinformalNasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque.

    I wouldn't set foot in that bar; the floor looks grody.

    2 more examples

    And the lady, like, goes / "Oh, my god, your toenails are, like, so grody" / […] / It’s like grody / Grody to the max / […] / Gross!

    1982, Frank Zappa, Moon Zappa, “Valley Girl”, in Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

    Oh wait. It's just grody and rotten. The Cheat, will you please freaking clean up after yourself?

    2002 October 31, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Strong Bad Email #48: ghosts”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Strong Bad (Matthew Chapman)

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
disgustinggooeygrossgrottyobscenetenth-rate

Origin

From groady, apparently a clipping of grotesque + -y (intervocalic /t/ and /d/ are similar in American English). Compare British grotty, of the same origin, and gro. Popularized by Moon Unit Zappa in song "Valley Girl" (1982) in phrase "grody to the max", as archetypal Southern California Valleyspeak; song also popularized "gag me with a spoon".

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with grody

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Anagrams

Gordygoryd
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APA

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MLA

“grody.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grody. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grody,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grody.

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