dingy
[adjective]
Synonyms: dull, dark, dim, drab, dreary, gloomy, murky, obscure, sombre

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Contrasted words: bright, brilliant, luminous, shining, clean, cleanly
Related Words: grimed, smirched, soiled, sullied, tarnished, dull, dusky, gloomy, murky

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English Thesaurus: dirty, filthy, muddy, dusty, greasy, ...

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din‧gy /ˈdɪndʒi/ adjective (comparative dingier, superlative dingiest)
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Perhaps from dungy 'dirty' (15-19 centuries), from dung]
dark, dirty, and in bad condition:
a dingy room
a dingy side-street
—dinginess noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

dirty not clean:
His clothes were untidy and he had dirty hands.
filthy very dirty:
Each year filthy water causes millions of cases of illness.
muddy covered with mud:
It had been raining hard and the path was muddy.
dusty covered with dust:
the dusty shelves in the attic
greasy covered with oil or grease:
Greasy food is bad for your health.
grubby (also mucky British English) informal fairly dirty and needing to be cleaned or washed:
He was wearing a grubby white T-shirt.
mucky fingers
grimy covered with thick dirt or dirt that has been there a long time:
I couldn’t see much out of the grimy windows of the train.
dingy /ˈdɪndʒi/ looking dark, dirty, and unpleasant. Used about rooms, houses, and buildings:
We worked in a dingy little office behind the station.
polluted used about land, water, or air that has been made dirty:
85% of city dwellers breathe heavily polluted air.
contaminated made dirty by a dangerous substance or bacteria:
The virus is mainly spread through contaminated food.
squalid /ˈskwɒləd, ˈskwɒlɪd $ ˈskwɑː-/ formal extremely dirty and unpleasant. Used about the place or conditions in which someone lives:
People are living in squalid conditions, with little water and no sanitation.
unhygienic /ʌnhaɪˈdʒiːnɪk◂ $ -ˈdʒe-, -ˈdʒiː-/ formal used about dirty conditions that are likely to cause disease, especially conditions in kitchens, restaurants, and hospitals:
The food was prepared under unhygienic conditions.
unsanitary (also insanitary British English) formal used about dirty conditions that are likely to cause disease, especially because there is not a good system for getting rid of waste:
People’s health is being threatened by overcrowded and insanitary homes.
They work for long hours in unsanitary conditions.
soiled formal made dirty, especially by waste from your body:
Soiled nappies should be changed as quickly as possible.

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