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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
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
    Form
    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
    variant
    dingier  dingiest