dingy

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++din·gy /ˈdɪndʒi/ adjective (comparative dingier, superlative dingiest)  DARKdark, dirty, and in bad condition 阴暗而肮脏的，阴暗而邋遢的 a dingy room 阴暗邋遢的房间 a dingy side-street 昏暗肮脏的小街► see thesaurus at dirty —dinginess noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

dingy• The room was damp and dingy.• Normally Roberto shunned the low-class and dingy.• However long she had been there, the whole stretch was a dingy aching trail of work and beatings.• a dark, dingy basement• The girl felt a call coming like a flaming arrow across the dingy coffee bar.• Through the dingy gloom of this motionless train, I catch a first glimpse of my fellow travellers.• The room told me nothing. just a bare, impersonal space in a cheap, dingy hotel.• He ate lunch in a dingy little cafe next to the station.• Political consultants used to be little-known operatives working in dingy offices trying to elect better-known candidates.• The newsagent stood next to the bookmakers in a parade of dingy shops.Origin dingy (1700-1800) Perhaps from dungy “dirty” ((15-19 centuries)), from dung

din·gy adjectiveChineseSyllable  

dark, dirty, condition bad and in Corpus

dingy
din‧gy /ˈdɪndʒi/ adjective (comparative dingier, superlative dingiest)dark, dirty, and in bad condition:
    a dingy room
    a dingy side-street
—dinginess noun [uncountable]
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ dirty not clean: His clothes were untidy and he had dirty hands.
   ▪ filthy very dirty: Each year filthy water causes millions of cases of illness.
   ▪ muddy covered with mud: It had been raining hard and the path was muddy.
   ▪ dusty covered with dust: the dusty shelves in the attic
   ▪ greasy covered with oil or grease: Greasy food is bad for your health.
   ▪ grubby (also mucky British English) informal fairly dirty and needing to be cleaned or washed: He was wearing a grubby white T-shirt. | mucky fingers
   ▪ grimy covered with thick dirt or dirt that has been there a long time: I couldn’t see much out of the grimy windows of the train.
   ▪ dingy /ˈdɪndʒi/ looking dark, dirty, and unpleasant. Used about rooms, houses, and buildings: We worked in a dingy little office behind the station.
   ▪ polluted used about land, water, or air that has been made dirty: 85% of city dwellers breathe heavily polluted air.
   ▪ contaminated made dirty by a dangerous substance or bacteria: The virus is mainly spread through contaminated food.
   ▪ squalid /ˈskwɒləd, ˈskwɒlɪd $ ˈskwɑː-/ formal extremely dirty and unpleasant. Used about the place or conditions in which someone lives: People are living in squalid conditions, with little water and no sanitation.
   ▪ unhygienic /ʌnhaɪˈdʒiːnɪk◂ $ -ˈdʒe-, -ˈdʒiː-/ formal used about dirty conditions that are likely to cause disease, especially conditions in kitchens, restaurants, and hospitals: The food was prepared under unhygienic conditions.
   ▪ unsanitary (also insanitary British English) formal used about dirty conditions that are likely to cause disease, especially because there is not a good system for getting rid of waste: People’s health is being threatened by overcrowded and insanitary homes. | They work for long hours in unsanitary conditions.
   ▪ soiled formal made dirty, especially by waste from your body: Soiled nappies should be changed as quickly as possible.

dingyBrE /ˈdɪndʒi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɪndʒi/ 🔊 adjective (din·gier, din·gi·est) dark and dirty 又黑又脏的；昏暗的；肮脏的◆a dingy room/hotel又黑又脏的房间／旅馆◆dingy curtains/clothes脏得发黑的窗帘／衣服▸ din·gi·ness BrE /ˈdɪndʒinəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɪndʒinəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]