dingy

dingy
Synonyms and related words:
Quaker-colored, achromatic, achromic, acier, anemic, ashen, ashy, besmirched, bled white, bloodless, blotchy, broken-down, cadaverous, canescent, cheerless, chloranemic, cinereous, cinerous, colorless, dapple, dapple-gray, dappled, dappled-gray, dark, dead, deadly pale, deathly pale, depressing, dilapidated, dim, dimmed, dirty, discolored, dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray, down-at-heel, drab, dreary, dull, dusky, dusty, etiolated, exsanguinated, exsanguine, exsanguineous, faded, faint, fallow, flat, fuliginous, ghastly, glaucescent, glaucous, gloomy, gray, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored, gray-drab, gray-green, gray-spotted, gray-toned, gray-white, grayed, grayish, grimy, griseous, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, grubby, grungy, haggard, hueless, hypochromic, iron-gray, lackluster, lead-gray, leaden, livid, lurid, lusterless, mat, mealy, messy, miry, mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, muddy, murky, neutral, pale, pale as death, pale-faced, pallid, pasty, pearl, pearl-gray, pearly, run-down, sad, sallow, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shadowy, sickly, silver, silver-gray, silvered, silvery, slate-colored, slaty, slovenly, smirched, smirchy, smoke-gray, smoky, smudgy, smutchy, smutty, snuffy, sober, soiled, somber, sooty, steel-gray, steely, stone-colored, sullied, tacky, tallow-faced, tarnished, taupe, tenebrous, threadbare, tired, toneless, uncolored, untidy, wan, washed-out, waxen, weak, whey-faced, white

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  • Dingy — ist der Name zweier Gemeinden im französischen Département Haute Savoie, siehe: Dingy en Vuache Dingy Saint Clair Für den Bootstyp siehe Dingi Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Dingy — Din gy (d[i^]n j[y^]), a. [Compar. {Dingier}; superl. {Dingiest}.] [Prob. fr. dung. Cf. {Dungy}.] Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty. Scraps of dingy paper. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dingy — 1736, Kentish dialect, dirty, of uncertain origin, but perhaps related to DUNG (Cf. dung). The noun dinge (1816) is a back formation …   Etymology dictionary

  • dingy — *shabby, dilapidated, faded, seedy, threadbare Analogous words: soiled, grimed, sullied, smirched, tarnished (see SOIL): *dull (sense 2): dusky, murky, gloomy (see DARK) Contrasted words: *bright, luminous, brilliant: fresh, * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • dingy — [adj] soiled, tacky bedimmed, brokendown, colorless, dark, darkish, dilapidated, dim, dirty, discolored, drab, dreary, dull, dusky, faded, gloomy, grimy, muddy, murky, obscure, run down, seedy, shabby, smirched, somber, sullied, tarnished,… …   New thesaurus

  • dingy — ► ADJECTIVE (dingier, dingiest) ▪ gloomy and drab. DERIVATIVES dingily adverb dinginess noun. ORIGIN perhaps from an Old English word meaning dung …   English terms dictionary

  • dingy — [din′jē] adj. dingier, dingiest [orig. dial. var. of DUNGY] 1. dirty colored; not bright or clean; grimy 2. dismal; shabby dingily adv. dinginess n …   English World dictionary

  • dingy — [[t]dɪ̱nʤi[/t]] dingier, dingiest 1) ADJ GRADED A dingy building or place is rather dark and depressing, and perhaps dirty. Shaw took me to his rather dingy office. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Dingy clothes, curtains, or furnishings look dirty or… …   English dictionary

  • dingy — UK [ˈdɪndʒɪ] / US adjective Word forms dingy : adjective dingy comparative dingier superlative dingiest a dingy place or object is rather dark in an unpleasant way and often looks dirty …   English dictionary

  • dingy — f dirji] 1. mod. loony; giddy. □ That friend of yours sure does act dingy sometimes. □ Tell the dingy drip to forget it. □ I’m not dingy, I’m just in love. 2. Go to dingus …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • dingy — din|gy [ˈdındʒi] adj comparative dingier superlative dingiest [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Perhaps from dungy dirty (15 19 centuries), from dung] dark, dirty, and in bad condition ▪ a dingy room ▪ a dingy side street >dinginess n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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