dingy

English

Etymology 1

From English dialectal (Kentish) dingy (“dirty”), of unknown origin, though probably from an unrecorded (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English *dingy, *düngy, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English *dyncgiġ (“covered with dung, dirty”), an umlaut form of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English duncge, dung (“dung”), equivalent to dung +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪn.dʒi/

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Adjective

dingy (comparative dingier, superlative dingiest)

1. drab; shabby; dirty; squalid

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Synonyms

• (drab): dismal, drab, dreary, gloomy, grimy

Antonyms

• (drab): bright, clean

Derived terms

• dingily
• dinginess

Translations

drab; shabby; dirty; squalid

• Bulgarian: мръсен (bg) (mrǎsen), изцапан (bg) (izcapan), окъсан (bg) (okǎsan)
• Finnish: nuhruinen, likainen (fi)
• German: anrüchig, schäbig (de), schmutzig (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: pōkē, pōkēkē, kaurerehu, kaurehu
• Russian: вы́цветший (ru) m (výcvetšij), ту́склый (ru) m (túsklyj), гря́зный (ru) m (grjáznyj)
• Spanish: sucio (es), escualido, desarreglado (es)

Etymology 2

Noun

dingy (plural dingies)

1. Alternative form of dinghy

References

• “dingy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “dingy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• dying