If something is dingy, it's dirty. If you spend your days as a chimney sweeper, you probably look pretty dingy.
Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.
Adjective S.
depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams
Adjective S.
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner''s begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"
Adjective S.
(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair"
n.
Alt. of Dinghy
superl.
Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown;
dirty.
Dingy
Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.
Usage Examples
Fantastic! Right in the middle of that long stretch between Christmas and Spring Break, your coats are getting dirty, everything's dark, dingy - what a great time for a movie!
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