dingy (redirected from dingier)

din·gy ¹  (dnj)

adj. din·gi·er, din·gi·est

1. Darkened with smoke and grime; dirty or discolored.

2. Shabby, drab, or squalid.

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[Possibly from Middle English dinge, dung, variant of dung; see dung.]

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dingi·ly adv.

dingi·ness n.

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ding·y ²  (dng)

adj. Slang

Crazy; insane.

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[ding + -y.]

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dingy [ˈdɪndʒɪ]

adj -gier, -giest

1. lacking light or brightness; drab

2. dirty; discoloured

[perhaps from an earlier dialect word related to Old English dynge dung]

dingily  adv

dinginess  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	dingy - thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen" begrimed, grimy, grungy, grubby, raunchy dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
	2.	dingy - (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" muddied, muddy, dirty impure - combined with extraneous elements
	3.	dingy - causing dejection; "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" dismal, drear, dreary, disconsolate, gloomy, drab, sorry, grim, blue, dark cheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"

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dingy

adjective

1. dull, dark, dim, gloomy, murky, dreary, sombre, drab, colourless, dusky, bedimmed He took me to his rather dingy office.

2. discoloured, soiled, dirty, shabby, faded, seedy, grimy wallpaper with dingy yellow stripes

Translations

dingy [ˈdɪndʒɪ] ADJ (dingier (compar) (dingiest (superl))) (= shabby) [furniture, decor] → deslustrado, deslucido; (= gloomy) [town, house, room] → sombrío, lóbrego; (= dirty) → sucio

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dingy [ˈdɪndʒi] adj [room, furnishings] → miteux/euse, minable
dining area n (in room) → coin m repas
the main dining area [restaurant] → la salle de restaurant principale
dining car n (British) → wagon-restaurant m
dining chair n → chaise f de salle à manger
dining hall n → réfectoire m
dining kitchen n → cuisine f avec coin repas
dining room n (in house) → salle f à manger; (in hotel) → salle f de restaurant
dining room suite n → salle f à manger, ensemble m de salle à manger
dining table dining-table n → table f de la salle à manger

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ding(e)y, dinghy

n → Ding(h)i nt; (collapsible) → Schlauchboot nt

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dingy¹

adj (+er) building, room, street, area → düster; (= dirty) → schmuddelig; colour → schmutzig; wallpaper with dingy yellow stripes → Tapeten mit schmutzig gelben Streifen

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dingy [ˈdɪn(d)ʒɪ] adj (shabby) → squallido/a; (dark) → scuro/a, tetro/a

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dingy

adj dingy [ˈdindʒi]

dull; faded and dirty-looking This room is so dingy. morsig, somber قَذِر، كامِد мръсен zašlý, špinavý trist; snusket; snavset schäbig μουντός και βρόμικος sucio, sórdido armetu رنگ و رو رفته؛ کثیف نما nuhruinen minable מְלוּכלַך, אָפֶל काला और गन्दा prljav, otrcan koszos suram skítugur; grámuskulegur sporco うすぎたない 더러운 apsmurgęs, nutriušęs nokvēpis; noputējis; notraipīts comot groezelig snusket, skitten obskurny sujo învechit неухоженный ošumelý pust, zanemarjen prljav sjaskig, sjabbig ทึมทึบ; สลัว; มอซอ kasvetli, izbe gibi 邋遢的，骯髒的 похмурий; брудний میلا کچیلا trông bẩn thỉu 邋遢的，肮脏的

n dinginess

morsigheid, somberheid قَذارَه мръсотия zašlost; ponurá nálada snuskethed die Schäbigkeit μουντάδα, βρομιά suciedad armetus ظاهر رنگ و رو رفته tunkkaisuus aspect minable לִכלוּך गंदगी, धुंधलापन otrcanost, prljvaština kosz, piszok kesuraman sóðaskapur tetraggine うすぎたなさ 우중충함, 초라함 apsmurgimas apkvēpums; blāvums kecomotan groezeligheid snuskethet, lurvethet zaniedbanie sujeira aspect învechit неухоженность ošumelosť mračnost prljavština sjaskighet, sjabbighet ความซอมซ่อ izbelik 暗淡；骯臟 сумнівність; бруднота بدرنگی vẻ xám xịt 暗淡；肮脏