All dingy synonyms
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D d adj dingy
- soiled — to feed (confined cattle, horses, etc.) freshly cut green fodder for roughage.
- run-down — fatigued; weary; exhausted.
- shabby — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- dilapidated — reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
- drab — dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
- dreary — causing sadness or gloom.
- dirty — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- grimy — covered with grime; dirty: I shook his grimy hand.
- seedy — abounding in seed.
- broken-down — A broken-down vehicle or machine no longer works because it has something wrong with it.
- colorless — Something that is colorless has no color at all.
- dark — When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
- dim — DIM statement
- dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- dusky — somewhat dark; having little light; dim; shadowy.
- faded — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- gloomy — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- muddy — abounding in or covered with mud.
- murky — dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
- obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- somber — gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- threadbare — having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp and woof, as a fabric, garment, etc.
- tired — having a tire or tires.
- darkish — slightly dark: a darkish color.
- sullied — to soil, stain, or tarnish.
adjective dingy
- grubby — dirty; slovenly: children with grubby faces and sad eyes.
- besmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- tacky — not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy.
- bedimmed — Simple past tense and past participle of bedim.
- colourless — Something that is colourless has no colour at all.
- squalid — foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy.
- tatty — cheap or tawdry; vulgar: a tatty production of a Shakespearean play.
- worn — past participle of wear.
- cheerless — Cheerless places or weather are dull and depressing.
- poor — having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.