dingy

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dingy Definition

• (s) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner''s begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"
• (s) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair"
• (s) depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams

dingy Synonyms

• begrimed
• dingy
• dirty
• dismal
• drab
• drear
• dreary
• gloomy
• grimy
• grubby
• grungy
• muddied
• muddy
• raunchy
• sorry