| ADJECTIVE | all | dingy, begrimed, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy | thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Agee ... zoology: 128 rhymes with jhiy... | |
| Meaning | thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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