dingy

din·gy

adjective \ˈdin-jē\

din·gi·erdin·gi·est

Definition of DINGY

1

: dirty, unclean

2

: shabby, squalid

— din·gi·ly \-jə-lē\ adverb

— din·gi·ness \-jē-nəs\ noun

Examples of DINGY

1. He's been staying in a dingy motel.
2. <the bed sheets were pretty dingy so we threw them in the laundry pile>

Origin of DINGY

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1691

Related to DINGY

Synonyms

bedraggled, befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, black, blackened, cruddy, dirty, draggled, dusty, filthy, foul, grimy, grotty [chiefly British], grubby, grungy, mucky, muddy, nasty, smudged, smutty, soiled, sordid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly

Antonyms

clean, cleanly, immaculate, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, stainless, ultraclean, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied

Related Words

contaminated, defiled, germy, impure, polluted, tainted; insanitary, uncleaned, unsanitary, unsterile, unsterilized, unwashed; greasy, gunky; chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, jumbled, littered, messed, messy, muddled, mussed, mussy, rumpled, scruffy, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy; raunchy, scuzzy [slang], shabby, skanky [slang], sleazy, squalid; collied [chiefly British dialect], crocked [dialect], fuliginous, sooty

Near Antonyms

clear, limpid, pure; cleaned, cleansed, combed, groomed, neat, ordered, orderly, tidy; bleached, purified, whitened; bright, flawless, perfect, shiny, sparkling, unspotted, untouched; taintless, unblemished, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted, virgin, wholesome

Rhymes with DINGY

mingy, stingy