dumpy
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5.8
- adjective
- /ˈdʌm.pi/
- Informal
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- The old library was a dumpy building with peeling paint and broken windows.
- dumpy building
- dumpy apartment
- dumpy motel
Examples
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We spent the night in a dumpy motel and got up early the next morning to drive another 12 hours to Homestead, Florida.
Blog text (5) -
It looked like any old, dumpy ranch house that you normally wouldn't look twice at.
Blog text (2) -
Beats working at some dumpy food joint.
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I think I remember lying in a hallway of some dumpy house I lived in during college, and this thing came out.
Blog text (32) -
I don't know why you want to live in that dumpy factory town.
Fiction book (1996) -
Come on, where would you rather go: another dumpy motel or a fake Bavarian village in the middle of nowhere?
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This was not a very fancy cottage, not an oceanfront, resort-style cottage, but a dumpy little house on the inland side of Highway I.
Fiction book (1995) -
The mountains wavering up from every horizon around Wickenburg looked ashen and dumpy.
Fiction book (1993) -
The semi-detached Gothic Revival heritage building was previously home to the Fox and Fiddle pub, which stuck out on the corner of Adelaide and John, conspicuously surrounded by a dumpy parking lot.
Blog text (15) -
For years, Marty had been living in small transient apartments or worse—dumpy rooming houses—and family life had become a forgotten element of his past.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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3.7
Cheap and low quality that looks ugly or not stylish
28
6.5
Worn and dirty, in bad condition
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6.1
Looking dirty and run down and often linked to crime
26
3.8
Very bad or of poor quality
23
4.6
Dark and dirty so it does not look bright
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3.7
Covered in thick dirt that makes something look and feel dirty
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7.0
Dirty and untidy, often wet after being in rain or mud
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8.4
Looks dirty and unpleasant, often like a shabby room or shop
2
5.6
Covered with a thin dirty film on the surface
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8.2
Covered in poop or very dirty
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9.9
A room or place that is very messy and dirty
An area with poor, dirty housing that people do not take care of
Smelling very bad and looking dirty
Covered with animal poop and smelling bad
Looking dirty and untidy like someone who lives on the streets
Dirty and messy, with things in the wrong places
A place or surface that is wet, muddy and looks dirty and messy
Having dirt on it
Looking unpleasant to eat because it seems old, dirty or spoiled
Antonyms
Compounds
How Dirty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dumpy comes from the word dump ('a place for rubbish') plus the ending -y meaning 'like', so it literally means 'like a dump'. That's why dumpy describes a place or thing that looks dirty, unattractive, or like a garbage dump.