Definition of DINGY

dingy

Plural: dingies

Adjective Satellite

  • thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
    • "dingy linen"
  • (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; is often used in combination
    • "a dirty (or dingy) white"
  • causing dejection

Adj

  • dark, dull
  • shabby, squalid, uncared-for

Noun

  • A small boat; an alternative spelling of dinghy.
  • Alternative form of dinghy.

Verb

  • Alternative form of dinghy.

Adjective

  • Gloomy and drab; often soiled or dirty.

Examples

  • After three hours, the unplayed tiles looked DINGY and forgotten on the rack.
  • His Scrabble strategy, though small, was a sturdy DINGY against the rising tide of points.

Origin / Etymology

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

Antonyms

bright, pristine

Scrabble Score: 10

dingy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dingy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dingy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

dingy: valid Words With Friends Word