Definition of grotty | Bee Dictionary of English

When Judd Apatow comedies and the grotty-Guignol The Dark Knight can secure the unrestricted rating, it's clear that the old sheriff has been replaced by a parole board.
THE FLY Under the grotty gore of David Cronenberg's nifty horror comedy lurks something even more terrifying: a parable of a lover's fidelity, no matter how repulsive the physical .
The horror books certainly were gross and grotty.

Mark Zuckerberg Is Dropping $1.6M to Renovate His San Francisco Mansion
The best part of buying a new house, obviously, is ripping out the grotty old cabinets and remaking the den to suit your personal preferences. Or at least that’s the case if you happened to have founded Facebook and therefore have an enormous stockpile of cash. While the couple won’t confirm it, reports say that Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, recently purchased a second home in ...
Sept. 16, 2013 - The New York Observer

John Cleese in Sydney Morning Herald
If you wish to kill yourself but lack the courage to, I think a visit to Palmerston North will do the trick,Cleese said. "We stayed in a little motel, the weather was grotty, the theatre was a nasty shape and the audience was very strange...
Mick Harvey in The Age
And no camping, no grotty, muddy people smelling horrible,adds Harvey. "I don't like those festivals like Glastonbury - it won't be operating like that. And the Big Day Out has become quite a suburban crowd - it's lost its inner-city...
Steven Wright in The Star
Steven Wright, producer of the T4 show, said: "Our fixers get to experience everything about rock 'n' roll, from the glamorous to the grotty. But if they keep smiling and keep their heads down they get the perfect entrÃ©e into the music industry."

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