English-Thai Dictionary

dingy

ADJ มอซอ  ซอมซ่อ  สกปรก  decrepit crummy poor mor-sor

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DINGY

a.Soiled; sullied; of a dark color; brown; dusky; dun.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DINGY

Din "gy, a. [Compar. Dingier; superl. Dingiest.] Etym: [Prob. fr. dung. Cf. Dungy. ]

 

Defn: Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty. "Scraps of dingy paper. " Macaulay.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dingy

din gy |ˈdinjē ˈdɪnʤi | ▶adjective ( dingier, dingiest ) gloomy and drab: a dingy room. DERIVATIVES din gi ly |-əlē |adverb, din gi ness noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: perhaps based on Old English dynge ‘dung. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

dingy

dingy |ˈdɪn (d )ʒi | ▶adjective ( dingier, dingiest ) gloomy and drab: a dingy room. DERIVATIVES dingily adverb, dinginess noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: perhaps based on Old English dynge ‘dung ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dingy

dingy adjective their secret hiding place was a dingy room in the basement: gloomy, dark, dull, badly /poorly lit, murky, dim, dismal, dreary, drab, somber, grim, cheerless; dirty, grimy, shabby, faded, worn, dowdy, seedy, run-down; informal grungy. ANTONYMS bright.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dingy

dingy adjective a dingy bed-sitting room: gloomy, drab, dark, dull, badly /poorly lit, dim; dismal, sombre, grim, dreary, cheerless; dirty, discoloured, grimy, soiled; faded, shabby, dowdy, worn, seedy, run down, tacky; literary tenebrous. ANTONYMS bright; clean.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dingy

din gy 1 /dɪ́ŋ (d )ʒi /形容詞 〈部屋 通り 建物などが 〉薄暗い, 陰気な, みすぼらしい, 汚い, むさ苦しい ; 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗汚れた, くすんだ (色の )〈衣服 カーテン 内装など 〉.d í n gi ly 副詞 薄汚く .d í n gi ness 名詞 U 薄汚さ .

 

dingy

din gy 2 名詞 複 -gies ＝dinghy .