dingy
- of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness.
- shabby; dismal.
Origin of dingy
Related Words for dingy
run-down, shabby, dilapidated, drab, dreary, dirty, grimy, seedy, broken-down, colorless, dark, dim, dull, dusky, faded, gloomy, muddy, murky, obscure, somberExamples from the Web for dingy
Contemporary Examples of dingy
He has a majestic view of the dingy back entrance of a Hilton hotel.
Dean Baquet, the NYT’s Executive Editor, on Jill Abramson, Race, Surviving Cancer—and TMZ EnvyLloyd Grove
September 16, 2014
On a cold, foggy night On Feb 26, 1998 I walked out a dingy hotel in handcuffs.
Then I turned to the right and stopped before a dingy shop which bore the sign: HAWBERK, ARMOURER.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the ShowRobert W. Chambers
February 20, 2014
That night, I dreamed of a square, three-story, concrete building that was dark and dingy with filth, dust, and cobwebs.
When she came to power in 1978, Britain was a dreary, dreary place: dingy, funereal, abashed, scruffy, feckless.
Historical Examples of dingy
He drew his son into a little, low-browed, dingy room at the end of the hall.
Quaint CourtshipsVarious
All the ugly, dingy little urchins that I know have been invited.
He turned the knob and entered, advancing to the middle of the dingy room.
The Fortune HunterLouis Joseph Vance
Old Dismukes was with them; burly, bushy, dingy, on a huge roan charger.
The CavalierGeorge Washington Cable
All of the dingy street was ugly, but the greater part of it appeared to be honest.
Alice AdamsBooth Tarkington
dingy
- lacking light or brightness; drab
- dirty; discoloured
Word Origin for dingy
Word Origin and History for dingy
1736, Kentish dialect, "dirty," of uncertain origin, but perhaps related to dung. The noun dinge (1816) is a back-formation.