 dingy |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot | |
| Synonyms: | grimy grungy grubby raunchy begrimed | |
| Examples: | "a miner's begrimed face" "dingy linen" "grimy hands" "grubby little fingers" "a grungy kitchen" |
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| Related terms: | dirty | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear | |
| Synonyms: | muddied muddy dirty | |
| Examples: | "dirty" is often used in combination "a dirty (or dingy) white" "the muddied gray of the sea" "muddy colors" "dirty-green walls" "dirty-blonde hair" |
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| Related terms: | impure | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] depressing in character or appearance | |
| Synonyms: | dreary dismal sorry gloomy drear drab | |
| Examples: | "drove through dingy streets" "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens "drab old buildings" "a dreary mining town" "gloomy tenements" "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams |
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| Related terms: | cheerless | |
| Similar spelling: |
ding dinghy Dionysia dinky dingo dinge Dingee dinkey dimness |
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