1
: one that is grungy
2
: rock music incorporating elements of punk rock and heavy metal
also
: the untidy fashions typical of fans of grunge
grunger
noun
ˈgrən-jər
Examples of grunge in a Sentence
I'm a fan of grunge.
I cleared the grunge out of the drains.
Recent Examples on the Web
The night's concert walked the line between a Young that leaned into classic, grunge rock 'n' roll with Crazy Horse and a Young that gently cooed with Crosby, Stills & Nash in '69, strumming an acoustic.
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Audrey Gibbs, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
Pieces by the formalwear brand Maison de hoe were displayed just a couple of months after the Chinese grunge label donned none other than Kelly Rowland during this past Oscar season.
—Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 8 May 2024
Costumer Mona May took inspiration from both light '90s grunge (so much plaid!) and high-fashion European streetwear.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 7 May 2024
According to Dutton, Johnson seemed unimpressed with G. Love & Special Sauce, at least initially, a ragtag bunch of blues and jazz cats in an era dominated by grunge and hip-hop attitudes and aesthetics.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2024
Moss and Jacobs have worked on runways and campaigns together since the 1990s, dating back to his controversial grunge collection.
—Renee Anderson, CBS News, 4 May 2024
For anyone who came of age in the late nineties and still recalls the moment in which grunge (fading) and pop-punk (ascendant) had a brief but potent sartorial collision, the look of the Guts tour, both onstage and off, will feel deeply familiar.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
This was the height of grunge, and then along comes Weezer with this nerdy little pop-punk ditty.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The album was released at the peak of grunge, when Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden still dominated alternative rock, and fast, irreverent punk pop groups such as the Offspring were ascendant.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 11 Mar. 2024
Audrey Gibbs, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
Pieces by the formalwear brand Maison de hoe were displayed just a couple of months after the Chinese grunge label donned none other than Kelly Rowland during this past Oscar season.
—Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 8 May 2024
Costumer Mona May took inspiration from both light '90s grunge (so much plaid!) and high-fashion European streetwear.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 7 May 2024
According to Dutton, Johnson seemed unimpressed with G. Love & Special Sauce, at least initially, a ragtag bunch of blues and jazz cats in an era dominated by grunge and hip-hop attitudes and aesthetics.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2024
Moss and Jacobs have worked on runways and campaigns together since the 1990s, dating back to his controversial grunge collection.
—Renee Anderson, CBS News, 4 May 2024
For anyone who came of age in the late nineties and still recalls the moment in which grunge (fading) and pop-punk (ascendant) had a brief but potent sartorial collision, the look of the Guts tour, both onstage and off, will feel deeply familiar.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
This was the height of grunge, and then along comes Weezer with this nerdy little pop-punk ditty.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The album was released at the peak of grunge, when Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden still dominated alternative rock, and fast, irreverent punk pop groups such as the Offspring were ascendant.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 11 Mar. 2024
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“Grunge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grunge. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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