Synonyms for dingy
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Dark — dark, dull
dark, drab, dreary, dull, gloomy, dim, dismal, muddy, cheerless, black, dusky, blue, depressing, grim, sad, leaden, lackluster US, lack-lustre UK, lacklustre UK, obscure, faint, somber US, sombre UK, disconsolate, dead
2. Dirty — shabby, squalid, uncared-for
dirty, grimy, soiled, grungy, grubby, sullied, raunchy, begrimed, unclean
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Dark, dull.
- adj. 2
Shabby, squalid, uncared-for.
- n. 1
A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
Forms
- Plural
- dingies → cock-boats, dories, tenders…
Example sentences
- blue Please look at the girl who wore the blue clothes.
- dreary I've got to go to another dreary meeting tomorrow.
- drab This morning, the world is grey and drab.
- dusky He was walking down the road one dusky evening.
- soiled If the napkin is dirty or soiled, please don't reuse it.
- grimy The forecourt looked grimy, like it hadn't been cleaned in days.
By length
- 3 letters
- sad1, dim1
- 4 letters
- dead1, blue1, dark1, dull1, grim1, dory2, drab1
- 5 letters
- black1, dirty2, faint1, muddy2, dusky, grimy2
- 6 letters
- tender2, gloomy2, dismal2, dreary2, somber2, soiled1, sombre, grubby2, leaden2, grungy2
- 7 letters
- obscure2, unclean2, raunchy2, sullied2, muddied2
- 8 letters
- begrimed, mirksome
- 9 letters
- tarnished2, cheerless
- 10 letters
- depressing3, lackluster3, lacklustre
- 12 letters
- disconsolate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dory2 = 2 syllables).