Adjective: dingy (dingier,dingiest) din-jee
- Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
"dingy linen";
- begrimed, grimy, grubby [informal], grungy [informal], raunchy [US, informal], manky [Brit, informal], scungy [Austral, NZ, informal]
- (of colour) discoloured by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination
"a dingy white";
- dirty, muddied, muddy
- Causing dejection
"a dingy day";
- blue [informal], dark, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary
Derived forms: dingier, dingiest
See also: cheerless, depressing, dirty, impure, soiled, uncheerful, unclean
Encyclopedia: Dingy, West Virginia