Synonyms of the word

grime

• n. Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
• n. (music) A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development…
• v. To begrime; to cake with dirt.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

begrime

• v. (transitive) To make something dirty; to soil.

bemire

• v. To soil (or be soiled) with mud.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

colly

• adj. (Britain, dialect) black as coal.
• v. (transitive, archaic) to make black, as with coal.
• n. (Britain, dialect) Soot.
• n. (Britain, dialect) A blackbird.
• n. (dated) Alternative spelling of collie.

dirt

• n. Soil or earth.
• n. A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance.
• n. Previously unknown facts, or the invented "facts", about a person; gossip.
• n. (figuratively) Meanness; sordidness.
• n. (mining) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
• v. (transitive, rare) To make foul or filthy; soil; befoul; dirty.

dirtiness

• n. The state or quality of being dirty.

dirty

• adj. Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
• adj. That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
• adj. Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
• adj. Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.
• adj. Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
• adj. Out of tune.
• adj. Of color, discolored by impurities.
• adj. (computing) Containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory.
• adj. (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
• adj. (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
• adj. Sleety; gusty; stormy.
• adv. In a dirty manner.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) dirty.
• v. (transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
• v. (transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
• v. (intransitive) To become soiled.

filth

• n. Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
• n. Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
• n. (Britain, pejorative, slang, with definite article) The police.
• n. (US, agriculture, dated) Weeds growing on pasture land.

grease

• n. Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
• n. (extension) Any oily or fatty matter.
• n. Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.
• n. Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
• v. (transitive) To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
• v. (transitive, informal) To bribe.
• v. (transitive, slang, aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
• v. (transitive, slang) To kill, murder.
• v. (obsolete) To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
• v. To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.

grunge

• n. (informal) Dirt or filth, especially when difficult to clean.
• n. (informal) The state of being filthy; grubbiness.
• n. (music) A subgenre of alternative rock, originating from Seattle, Washington, which melds punk and metal.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

soil

• n. (uncountable) A mixture of sand and organic material, used to support plant growth.
• n. (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that…
• n. (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected…
• n. Country or territory.
• n. That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
• n. A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract…
• n. Dung; compost; manure.
• v. (transitive) To make dirty.
• v. (intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
• v. (reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
• v. To make invalid, to ruin.
• v. To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
• n. (uncountable, euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
• n. (countable, medicine) A bag containing soiled items.
• n. A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
• v. To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them,…

stain

• n. A discoloured spot or area.
• n. A blemish on one's character or reputation.
• n. A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
• n. A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
• v. To discolour something.
• v. To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation.
• v. To coat a surface with a stain.
• v. (cytology) To treat a microscope specimen with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features.
• v. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

uncleanness

• n. (uncountable) The state of being unclean.
• n. (countable) The result or product of being unclean.