ADJECTIVE | all | dingy, begrimed, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy | thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot |
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all | dingy, dirty, muddied, muddy | (of color) discolored by impurities | |
all | dingy, blue, dark, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary | causing dejection |
Sounds | dih'njhiy | |
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Rhymes | Agee ... zoology: 128 rhymes with jhiy... |
Meaning | thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot. | |
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Example | "dingy linen" | |
Synonyms | begrimed, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy | |
Broader | dirty, soiled, unclean | Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime |
Spanish | mugriento, sucio | |
Catalan | brut, llardós | |
Nouns | dinginess, dinge | discoloration due to dirtiness |
Adverbs | dingily | in a dingy manner |
Meaning | (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear. | |
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Example | "a dirty (or dingy) white" | |
Synonyms | dirty, muddied, muddy | |
Broader | impure | combined with extraneous elements |
Spanish | sucio | |
Catalan | brut | |
Nouns | dinginess, dinge | discoloration due to dirtiness |
Meaning | Causing dejection. | |
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Synonyms | blue, dark, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary | |
Broader | depressing, cheerless, uncheerful | Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy |
Spanish | deprimente, desalentador, desconsolado, macabro, negro, oscuro, triste | |
Catalan | depriment, desconsolat, descoratjador, macabre, negre, obscur, trist |
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