Dingy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈdɪndʒɪ|
Brit.
|ˈdɪn(d)ʒɪ|
adjective
- thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot (syn: grimy, grubby, raunchy)
dingy linen
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear (syn: dirty, muddy)a dirty (or dingy) white
- causing dejection (syn: blue, dark, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry)Extra examples
He's been staying in a dingy motel.
...the bed sheets were pretty dingy so we threw them in the laundry pile...
I know plenty of dingy people; I don't want to know any more.
The hotel was old and dingy.
...the depressive air of a dingy barroom where locals went to drown their sorrows...
Word forms
adjective
comparative: dingier
superlative: dingiest
comparative: dingier
superlative: dingiest
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