dingy

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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dingy [din-jee]

Adjective

[-gier, -giest]

1. Brit, Austral & NZ dull, neglected, and drab: he waited in this dingy little outer office

2. shabby and discoloured: she was wearing dingy white overalls [origin unknown]

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 discoloured, soiled, dirty, shabby, faded, seedy, grimy

Translations

dingy [ˈdɪndʒɪ] adj [room] → sombrío (= dirty); sucio (= dull); deslucido

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dingy [ˈdɪndʒɪ] adj → miteux/euse, minable

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dingy [ˈdɪndʒɪ] adj → schäbig;

(clothes, curtains etc) → schmuddelig

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dingy [ˈdɪndʒɪ] adj → grigio/a