dingy
Dark, dirty and a little gloomy.
dingy in a sentence
- The dingy waiting room had grey walls and one weak lamp that barely lit the corner.
- Down in the dingy cellar, the single dusty bulb gave hardly any light at all.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to dingy?
- Aclean
- Bbright
- Cgrimy
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C: grimy. The other three mean the opposite of dingy.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to dingy?
- Adrab
- Bgrimy
- Cbright
- Dgloomy
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C: bright. The other three mean nearly the same as dingy.
Words that mean something similar
grimy, drab, gloomy
Words that mean the opposite
bright, clean
More words about light & dark
- dismal: Dull, gloomy and miserable.
- gleam: To shine softly with light.
- glimmer: To shine with a faint, unsteady light; or that faint light.
- glisten: To shine and sparkle, often because something is wet.
- gloomy: Dark, dull and a little sad.
- ignite: To set something on fire or make it start burning.
- illuminate: To light something up.
- indistinct: Not clear enough to see or hear properly.
More words to explore
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