The meaning of Dingy

adjective

Gloomy; depressing.

Usage examples:

The corridors were ill-lit and cheerless

adjective

Not bright or pleasant and making you feel sad

Usage examples:

A cold and cheerless winter afternoon, a bare, cheerless apartment

adjective

With little or no light.

Usage examples:

It's too dark to see much

noun

The absence of light in a place.

Usage examples:

Carolyn was sitting in the dark

adjective

(of a light, colour, or illuminated object) not shining brightly or clearly.

Usage examples:

The dim glow of the fire

verb

Make or become less bright or distinct.

Usage examples:

A smoky inferno that dimmed the sun

abbreviation

Diminuendo.

adjective

Covered or marked with an unclean substance.

Usage examples:

A tray of dirty cups and saucers

adverb

Used for emphasis.

Usage examples:

A dirty great slab of stone

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

She didn't like him dirtying her nice clean towels

adjective

Changed in colour in a way that is less attractive.

Usage examples:

Her beauty was marred by discoloured teeth

verb

Change or cause to change to a different, less attractive colour.

Usage examples:

Do not over-knead the dough or it will discolour

adjective

Something that is discoloured has become a less attractive colour than it was originally

Usage examples:

Discoloured teeth

adjective

Causing a mood of gloom or depression.

Usage examples:

The dismal weather made the late afternoon seem like evening

adjective

Dark and sad, without hope, or very bad

Usage examples:

The trip was a dismal failure.

adjective

Very bad

Usage examples:

In january, after a dismal holiday sales season, the retailer filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy prote…

adjective

(of a person or their clothes) unfashionable and unstylish in appearance (typically used of a woman).

Usage examples:

She could achieve the kind of casual chic which made every other woman around her look dowdy

adjective

(esp. of clothes or the person wearing them) unattractive and not stylish, often because of being old-fashioned

adjective

Lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull.

Usage examples:

The landscape was drab and grey

noun

Fabric of a dull light brown colour.

Usage examples:

A young man dressed in drabs

noun

A slovenly woman.

adjective

Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive.

Usage examples:

The dreary round of working, eating, and trying to sleep

adjective

Unattractive and having nothing of any interest, and therefore likely to make you sad

Usage examples:

It was a gray, dreary day, with periods of rain.

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

Usage examples:

Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

Usage examples:

Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

Usage examples:

Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

verb

Gradually grow faint and disappear.

Usage examples:

The light had faded and dusk was advancing

noun

The process of becoming less bright.

Usage examples:

The sun can cause colour fade

noun

A shot causing the ball to deviate to the right (or, for a left-handed golfer, the left)

Usage examples:

When they get to the 18th the ideal shot is a fade

adjective

Dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening.

Usage examples:

A gloomy corridor badly lit by oil lamps

adjective

Very serious or gloomy.

Usage examples:

His grim expression

adjective

Not good; having no chance of a good result

Usage examples:

The outlook for a full recovery was grim., the future looks grim for workers who are losing their j…

adjective

Covered with or characterized by grime.

Usage examples:

The grimy industrial city

adjective

Dirty

Usage examples:

The child's face was grimy and streaked with tears.

adjective

Sordid and disreputable.

Usage examples:

His seedy affair with a soft-porn starlet

adjective

In poor condition through long use or lack of care.

Usage examples:

A conscript in a shabby uniform saluted the car

adjective

Looking old and in bad condition because of wear or lack of care

Usage examples:

The man wore a long, shabby coat., we parked near bobby’s shabby trailer., her salary is $305,000 t…

adjective

Dirty; stained.

Usage examples:

A soiled t-shirt

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

He might soil his expensive suit

verb

Feed (cattle) on fresh-cut green fodder (originally for the purpose of purging them).

adjective

Dark or dull in colour or tone.

Usage examples:

The night skies were sombre and starless

adjective

(of glue, paint, or other substances) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel.

Usage examples:

The paint was still tacky

adjective

Showing poor taste and quality.

Usage examples:

Even in her faintly tacky costumes, she won our hearts

adjective

(of a substance) sticky

Usage examples:

I left a fingerprint in the tacky paint., she reads those tacky romance novels.

adjective

Dark; shadowy or obscure.

Usage examples:

The tenebrous spiral staircase of the self

adjective

Past participle of wear1.

verb

Have (something) on one's body as clothing, decoration, or protection.

Usage examples:

He was wearing a dark suit