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Dingy
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
See
dinghy
.
Foul; dirty.
Soiled; tarnished; of a dusky color; having a dull-brownish tinge.
Synonyms
Tarnished, rusty, dull.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
Alternative form of
dinghy
.
adjective.
drab
;
shabby
;
dirty
;
squalid
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adjective.
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
adjective.
causing dejection
adjective.
(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
Word Usage
"The poor live in dingy cubes of space stacked on top of each other like ice cube trays, twelve stories high even in the slums."
Equivalent
cheerless
depressing
dirty
impure
soiled
Form
dingily
dinginess
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
stingy
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
dilapidated
dim
drab
dusty
gloomy
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
Quaker-colored
achromatic
achromic
acier
anemic
variant
dingier
dingiest