Found 3 items, similar to Dingy.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: dingy
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dingy
dingy
adj 1: thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot;
“a miner's
begrimed face”;
“dingy linen”;
“grimy hands”;
“grubby
little fingers”;
“a grungy kitchen” [syn:
begrimed,
grimy,
grubby,
grungy,
raunchy]
2: (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;
“dirty” is often used in combination;
“a dirty (or dingy)
white”;
“the muddied gray of the sea”;
“muddy colors”;
“dirty-green walls”;
“dirty-blonde hair” [syn:
dirty,
muddied,
muddy]
3: depressing in character or appearance;
“drove through dingy
streets”;
“the dismal prison twilight”- Charles Dickens;
“drab old buildings”;
“a dreary mining town”;
“gloomy
tenements”;
“sorry routine that follows on the heels of
death”- B.A.Williams [syn:
dismal,
drab,
drear,
dreary,
gloomy,
sorry]
[also:
dingiest,
dingier]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dingy
Dingy
\Din"gy\ (d[i^]n"j[y^]), a. [Compar.
Dingier; superl.
Dingiest.] [Prob. fr. dung. Cf.
Dungy.]
Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.
“Scraps of dingy paper.” --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster] ||
Dingey
\Din"gey\, Dingy
\Din"gy\, Dinghy
\Din"ghy\, n. [Bengalee
dingi.]
1. a small boat propelled by oars or sails, used in the East
Indies, in sheltered waters. [Written also
dinghey.]
--Malcom.
[1913 Webster]
2. a small boat intended to be used as a tender or lifeboat,
carried or towed by a ship. It may be propelled by oars,
sail, or a motor.
[PJC]
3. a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats
and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled.
Syn: dory, rowboat.
[WordNet 1.5]