Dingy meaning

What does “dingy” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“dingy” is an adjective with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot.

dingy

thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
“a miner's begrimed face”
“dingy linen”
Synonymsbegrimed grimy grubby grungy raunchy
(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear is often used in combination
“dirty”
“a dirty (or dingy) white”
Synonymsdirty muddied muddy
causing dejection
“a blue day”
“the dark days of the war”
Synonymsblue dark disconsolate dismal gloomy grim sorry drab

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University