groaty adjective2 •Grotty (“dirty; gross”).“Pigs are groaty,” Blair said. Haldane sat on the hearth between Owen and the tree. "People say that about pigs, but it's not true. A pig's cleaner than a hound's tooth." — 1978 •(dialect) Made or consisting of groats. formsgroatier · more groaty · groatiest · most groaty