DINGY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DINGY?

Need another word that means the same as “dingy”? Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “dingy” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dingy” are: blue, dark, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry, begrimed, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy, dirty, muddied, muddy, dull, poorly lit, dim

Dingy as an Adjective

Definitions of "Dingy" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dingy” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Gloomy and drab.
• Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot.
• Causing dejection.
• Discolored by impurities; not bright and clear is often used in combination.
• (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear.

Synonyms of "Dingy" as an adjective (21 Words)

begrimed	Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot. A miner s begrimed face.
blue	Used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War who wore blue uniforms. Blue language.
dark	Used of color having a dark hue. A dark secret.
dim	Made dim or less bright. The dim drone of their voices.
disconsolate	Sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled. She left Fritz looking disconsolate.
dismal	Causing a mood of gloom or depression. He shuddered as he watched his team s dismal performance.
drab	Lacking brightness or color; dull. Drab camouflage uniforms.
drear	Causing dejection.
dreary	Causing dejection. The dreary round of working eating and trying to sleep.
dull	Darkened with overcast. Although dull at classical learning at mathematics he was uncommonly quick.
gloomy	Filled with melancholy and despondency. A dark gloomy day.
grim	Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror. Grim necessity.
grimy	Covered with or characterized by grime. Grimy hands.
grubby	Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot. The grubby face of a young boy.
grungy	Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot. Grungy guitars and vocals.
muddied	Clouded as with sediment. The muddied grey of the sea.
muddy	(of liquids) clouded as with sediment. An awful muddy sound that renders his vocals incoherent.
poorly lit	Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
raunchy	Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness. A raunchy novel.
sorry	Filled with compassion for. We feel so ashamed that we keep quiet about the whole sorry business.

Usage Examples of "Dingy" as an adjective

• Dingy linen.
• A dirty (or dingy) white.
• A dingy room.

Associations of "Dingy" (30 Words)

bleak	Offering little or no hope- J.M.Synge. Prospects were bleak.
cheerless	Gloomy; depressing. Something cheerless about the room.
contemplative	A person devoted to the contemplative life. She regarded me with a contemplative eye.
depressed	(of a place or economic activity) suffering the damaging effects of a lack of demand or employment. The market is depressed.
disconsolate	Causing dejection. She left Fritz looking disconsolate.
dismal	Causing a mood of gloom or depression. The dismal weather made the late afternoon seem like evening.
drab	Clothes especially trousers made of drab. The landscape was drab and grey.
dreary	Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise. A series of dreary dinner parties.
filthy	(of weather) very unpleasant. He has become filthy rich.
foul	Hit a foul ball. Murder most foul.
gloomy	Filled with melancholy and despondency. A dark gloomy day.
grim	Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror. The grim news of the murder.
grimy	Covered with or characterized by grime. The grimy industrial city.
horrible	Provoking horror- Winston Churchill. War is beyond all words horrible.
languorous	Characterized by an oppressive stillness. The languorous pace of the film.
lousy	Teeming with (something regarded as undesirable. The town is lousy with tourists.
maculate	Spot, stain, or pollute. A dirty white T shirt maculated with barbecue sauce.
melancholy	Having a feeling of melancholy sad and pensive. The melancholy tone of her writing.
nasty	Damaging or harmful. Dad s had a nasty accident.
pensive	Showing pensive sadness. A pensive mood.
pessimistic	Tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen. He was pessimistic about the prospects.
ragged	(especially of a right margin) uneven because the lines are unjustified. He looked a little ragged a little shadowy beneath the eyes.
scabrous	Indecent; salacious. A scabrous hovel.
seamy	Sordid and disreputable. The seamy side of life.
somber	Lacking brightness or color; dull. A somber mood.
squalid	Morally degraded- Seattle Weekly. The squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal.
unclean	Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime. Both religions regard pork as unclean.
wistful	Showing pensive sadness. The sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty.