Synonyms for dingy

Adjective

1. begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy, dirty (vs. clean), soiled, unclean

usage: thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"

2. dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy, impure (vs. pure)

usage: (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"

3. dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry, cheerless (vs. cheerful), uncheerful

usage: 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