dingy

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. dark, dull
2. shabby, squalid, uncared-for

Noun

Alternative form of dinghy

Verb

Alternative form of dinghy

Concepten

smerig

somber

vuil

duister

goor

groezelig

Synoniemen

dirty

dim

dismal

murky

gloomy

dull

dark

dreary

grimy

shabby

begrimed

blue

disconsolate

drab

drear

flyblown

grim

grubby

grungy

muddied

muddy

obscure

raunchy

somber

sombre

sorry

squalid

wan

bleak

dirty-minded

sooty

impure

lacklustre

lugubrious

lustreless

scrimy

slumlike

black

tarnished

opaque

poor

tatty

recondite

scruffy

seedy

bedraggled

dowdy

shady

draggled

shaggy

decrepit

crummy

dusk

dusky

feculent

filthy

smutty

foul

contaminating

grey

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈdɪn.d͡ʒi/

Etymologie (Engels)

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