資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dingy \Din"gy\, a. [Compar. {Dingier}; superl. {Dingiest}.]
   [Prob. fr. dung. Cf. {Dungy}.]
   Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.
   ``Scraps of dingy paper.'' --Macaulay.

資料來源 : WordNet®

dingy
     adj 1: thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's
            begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby
            little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen" [syn: {begrimed},
            {grimy}, {grubby}, {grungy}, {raunchy}]
     2: (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" [syn: {dirty}, {muddied},
         {muddy}]
     3: 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 [syn: {dismal}, {drab}, {drear}, {dreary},
         {gloomy}, {sorry}]
     [also: {dingiest}, {dingier}]

dingier
     See {dingy}