Textual thesaurus for "dingy"

(adj) gloomy, grim, sorry, dark, drab, drear, dreary, disconsolate, dismal, blue

causing dejection

a blue day; the dark days of the war; a week of rainy depressing weather; a disconsolate winter landscape; the first dismal dispiriting days of November; a dark gloomy day; grim rainy weather

(adj) grubby, grungy, grimy, begrimed, raunchy

thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

a miner's begrimed face; dingy linen; grimy hands; grubby little fingers; a grungy kitchen

(adj) muddied, muddy, dirty

(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear

dirty is often used in combination; a dirty (or dingy) white; the muddied grey of the sea; muddy colors; dirty-green walls; dirty-blonde hair