dingy

Definition of Dingy in English :

Adjective

1. begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy

thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

Example Sentences:
'a miner's begrimed face'
'dingy linen'
'grimy hands'
'grubby little fingers'
'a grungy kitchen'

2. dingy, dirty, muddied, muddy

(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear

Example Sentences:
'dirty'
'a dirty (or dingy) white'
'the muddied grey of the sea'
'muddy colors'
'dirty-green walls'
'dirty-blonde hair'

3. blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry

causing dejection

Example Sentences:
'a blue day'
'the dark days of the war'
'a week of rainy depressing weather'
'a disconsolate winter landscape'
'the first dismal dispiriting days of November'
'a dark gloomy day'
'grim rainy weather'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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adjective -gier or -giest

1.

lacking light or brightness; drab

2.

dirty; discoloured

verb plural -gies, -gying or -gied

(transitive) British slang

to ignore (a person) or avoid (an event)

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈdingier or ˈdingiest

1.

dirty-colored; not bright or clean; grimy

2.

dismal; shabby

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adj. din·gi·er, din·gi·est

1. Darkened with smoke or grime.

2. Shabby, drab, or squalid.

adj.
Slang

Mentally deranged; crazy.

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