English adjective: dingy | |||
1. | dingy thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot | ||
Samples | A miner's begrimed face. Dingy linen. Grimy hands. Grubby little fingers. A grungy kitchen. | ||
Synonyms | begrimed, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy | ||
Similar | dirty, soiled, unclean | ||
Antonyms | clean | ||
2. | dingy (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear | ||
Samples | Dirty. A dirty (or dingy) white. The muddied grey of the sea. Muddy colors. Dirty-green walls. Dirty-blonde hair. | ||
Synonyms | dirty, muddied, muddy | ||
Similar | impure | ||
Antonyms | pure | ||
3. | dingy causing dejection | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | blue, dark, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry | ||
Similar | cheerless, depressing, uncheerful | ||
Antonyms | cheerful | ||