grunge
Americannoun
-
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.
noun
-
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
Etymology
Origin of grunge
1960–65; expressive coinage, perhaps reflecting grime and sludge; sense “grind” perhaps by association with drudge
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The wide scope of the album, both in subject and sound, made it an ambitious and unique among rock releases of the time, shedding the humble irony of the grunge movement for vulnerability and exploration.
From Los Angeles Times
Soundgarden, the seminal Seattle grunge rock group, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a star-studded ceremony at the Peacock Theater on Saturday night.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s almost like we’re coming out of grunge again and putting the diamonds back on.”
From Los Angeles Times
Prompted by Fallon, the co-writer of “Golden” shared that while recording her part of the song at the studio, she saw a brief glimpse of “a grunge ghost.”
From Los Angeles Times
Blur even satirized grunge music with its megahit “Song 2,” a song of nonsense lyrics and unearned vim.
From Los Angeles Times
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
