dingy
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dingy
dirty-looking; drab
Not to be confused with:
dinghy – a small boat
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din·gy 1
(dĭn′jē)adj.din·gi·er,din·gi·est
1. Darkened with smoke or grime.
2. Shabby, drab, or squalid.
[Possibly from Middle Englishdinge,dung, variant ofdung; see dung.]
din′gi·ly adv.
din′gi·ness n.
ding·y 2
(dĭng′ē)adj.Slang
Mentally deranged; crazy.
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dingy
(ˈdɪndʒɪ)adj,-gieror-giest
1.lacking light or brightness; drab
2.dirty; discoloured
[C18: perhaps from an earlier dialect word related to Old Englishdynge dung]
ˈdingilyadv
ˈdinginessn
dingy
(ˈdɪŋɪ)vb,pl-gies,-gyingor-gied
(tr)slangBrit to ignore (a person) or avoid (an event)
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din•gy
(ˈdɪn dʒi)adj.-gi•er, -gi•est.
1. of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness.
2. shabby; dismal.
[1730–40; orig. uncertain]
din′gi•ly,adv.
din′gi•ness,n.
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Adj. | 1. | ![]() dirty,soiled,unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves" |
2. | dingy - (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" impure - combined with extraneous elements | |
3. | dingy - causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" cheerless,depressing,uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place" |
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dingy
adjective
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
dingy
adjectiveShowing signs of wear and tear or neglect:
bedraggled,broken-down,decaying,decrepit,dilapidated,down-at-heel,faded,mangy,rundown,scrubby,scruffy,seedy,shabby,shoddy,sleazy,tattered,tatty,threadbare.
Informal:tacky.
Slang:ratty.
Idioms:all the worse for wear, gone to pot, past cure.
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Translations
قَذِر، كامِد
špinavýzašlý
snavsettrist
skítugur; grámuskulegur
apsmurgęsapsmurgimasnutriušęs
nokvēpisnoputējisnotraipīts
ošumelý
izbe gibikasvetli
dingy
[ˈdɪndʒɪ]ADJ (dingier (compar) (dingiest (superl))) (=shabby) [furniture, decor] →deslustrado,deslucido; (=gloomy) [town, house, room] →sombrío,lóbrego; (=dirty) →sucioCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
dingy
[ˈdɪndʒi]adj [room, furnishings] →miteux/euse,minabledining arean(in room) →coinmrepasthe main dining area [restaurant] →lasalle derestaurantprincipaledining carn(British) →wagon-restaurantmdining chairn →chaisef desalle à mangerdining halln →réfectoiremdining kitchenn →cuisinef aveccoinrepasdining roomn(in house) →sallef àmanger;(in hotel) →sallef derestaurantdining room suiten →sallef àmanger,ensemblem desalle à mangerdining tabledining-tablen →tablefde lasalle à manger
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Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
dingy
[ˈdɪn(d)ʒɪ]adj (shabby) →squallido/a; (dark) →scuro/a, tetro/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dingy
(ˈdindʒi) adjective dull; faded and dirty-looking.This room is so dingy. morsig, somber قَذِر، كامِد мръсен sujo zašlý, špinavýschäbig trist; snusket; snavset μουντός και βρόμικοςsucio,sórdido armetu رنگ و رو رفته؛ کثیف نما nuhruinenminableמלוכלך,אפל काला और गन्दा prljav, otrcan koszos suram skítugur; grámuskulegursporco うすぎたない 더러운 apsmurgęs, nutriušęs nokvēpis; noputējis; notraipīts comotgroezeligsnusket,skitten obskurny خيرن،زوړsujo învechit неухоженный ošumelý pust, zanemarjen prljav sjaskig, sjabbig ทึมทึบ; สลัว; มอซอkasvetli, izbe gibi 邋遢的,骯髒的 похмурий; брудний میلا کچیلا trông bẩn thỉu 邋遢的,肮脏的
ˈdinginess noun morsigheid, somberheid قَذارَه мръсотия sujeira zašlost; ponurá nálada die Schäbigkeit snuskethed μουντάδα,βρομιάsuciedad armetus ظاهر رنگ و رو رفته nuhruisuus aspect minableלכלוך गंदगी, धुंधलापन otrcanost, prljvaština kosz, piszok kesuraman sóðaskapurtetraggine うすぎたなさ 칙칙함 apsmurgimas apkvēpums; blāvums kecomotangroezeligheidsnuskethet,lurvethetzaniedbanie خيرن،زوړsujeira aspect învechit неухоженность ošumelosť mračnost prljavština sjaskighet, sjabbighet ความซอมซ่อ izbelik 暗淡,骯髒 сумнівність; бруднота بدرنگی vẻ xám xịt 暗淡,肮脏
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They were for the most partdingy, but as they were nearly always open it did not make so much difference.
It was dark and verydingy. It was lit by a skylight.
But she would mar his pleasure: she would go in herdingy rags, with her faded face, once as handsome as the best, with her little child that had its father's hair and eyes, and disclose herself to the Squire as his eldest son's wife.
Every one chattered, argued, discussed, disputed, applauded, from the gentleman lounging upon the barroom settee with his tumbler of sherry-cobbler before him down to the waterman who got drunk upon his "knock-me-down" in thedingy taverns of Fell Point.
Thosedingy, fire-warmed, used-up, green-tinted, ill-natured souls--how COULD their envy endure my happiness!
Here and there would be a bridge crossing a filthy creek, with hard-baked mud shores anddingy sheds and docks along it; here and there would be a railroad crossing, with a tangle of switches, and locomotives puffing, and rattling freight cars filing by; here and there would be a great factory, adingy building with innumerable windows in it, and immense volumes of smoke pouring from the chimneys, darkening the air above and making filthy the earth beneath.
His son obeyed, and the crowd approached; they were bawling and hissing round adingy hearse anddingy mourning coach, in which mourning coach there was only one mourner, dressed in thedingy trappings that were considered essential to the dignity of the position.
Giry, in her faded shawl, her worn shoes, her old taffeta dress anddingy bonnet.
Second, X , huge,dingy; the canvas cracked and smoked; a yellow sky, sooty clouds; no sun, no azure; the verdure of the suburbs blighted and sullied--a very dreary scene.
How different is this marvel observed from a raft, from what it is when one observes it through thedingy windows of a railway-station in some wretched village while he munches a petrified sandwich and waits for the train.
Snow is falling today, yellow anddingy. It fell yesterday, too, and a few days ago.
At the end of the yard a dark mass, tinted with adingy blue by the morning dawn, rose before him, its dark outlines standing out in contrast to the houses already illuminated by the pale light of early morning.
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