dingy
23
4.6
- adjective
- /ˈdɪn.dʒi/
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sucio
- Oh, that office is awful cold and dingy at this hour of the morning.
- a dingy hotel
- dingy rooms
Come back here and lay on this, lay on this dingy little hard cold cot with me in this jail cell.
- Come back here and lay on this, lay on this dingy little hard cold cot with me in this jail cell.
- And instead I'm going up to him and I'm saying your life, it's fallen apart and you're here alone in this dingy room.
- I'm in little ass shorts and like a a dingy shirt dude crusted eyes and that's all I hear.
- It's dingy Gray, especially when your world breaks down.
- And back then, the Upright Citizens, Upright Citizens Brigade was in this kind of dingy next strip club where they, you remember this?
Examples
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The man is left alone on the ground of the dingy parking lot.
Fiction book (1995) -
And you guys don't want to hang around some dingy garage.
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"The first building was more dingy and dirty," he says.
Academic text (2002) -
Up the street was a narrow, dingy apartment building with an entrance a step above the sidewalk.
Fiction book (1995) -
Her hair is greasy, her clothes are dingy and often don't match, and she is reluctant to speak to anyone.
Academic text (2009) -
After the next corner, the school appeared, its dingy institutional brick drab but unsoftened by time.
Fiction book (1994) -
Seen in the light of Rudy's talent, this dingy little Komsomol club was dross turned to gold.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the cramped confines of the dingy basement bathroom, Wolf pukes violently into the toilet.
Fiction book (1995) -
The old apartment building had dingy walls that needed a fresh coat of paint.
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She was embarrassed to invite her friends over because her living room looked so dingy and unkempt.
Synonyms
183
1.5
Very dirty and covered with mud or dirt
100
1.0
Having a layer of dust that makes it look dirty
33
2.5
Worn and in poor condition because of long use or little care
31
1.0
Not bright or shiny with weak colour
28
6.5
Worn and dirty, in bad condition
27
2.1
A dull shade mixed with grey or brown
26
6.1
Looking dirty and run down and often linked to crime
23
4.2
Not bright or colorful and not lively
22
3.7
Covered in thick dirt that makes something look and feel dirty
19
5.4
Looking worn and dirty from use
17
1.4
Dirty and needing to be cleaned
12
4.0
Something that looks worn, torn, and messy
11
2.7
A dull, unclear color that looks mixed and lifeless
9
4.8
Dirty and covered with thick, stuck-on dirt
4
4.4
A color or object that has lost brightness and looks pale
4
5.8
An ugly, dirty place that looks like a garbage dump
2
5.6
Covered with a thin dirty film on the surface
2
8.4
Looks dirty and unpleasant, often like a shabby room or shop
2
6.0
Worn and in poor condition because of age or heavy use
1
5.6
Covered in black soot or dirt
1
7.7
Dirty and untidy in appearance
1
7.2
Not shiny and showing little energy or life
Covered thickly with dark dirt or soot
Being dirty and not cared for
Having hair or fabric that is messy and stuck together in clumps
Having a dull surface that does not reflect light
Plain and not made to look stylish or perfect
A color made less bright because it has dirt or other colors mixed in
Faded or pale in color, not bright
Antonyms
How Dirty
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dingy probably comes from an old short verb like ding or dinge meaning 'to make dark or dirty'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of something 'dinged' and worn, so dingy describes something dull, dirty, or not bright.