DINGY

(adj.) causing dejection
"a blue day", "the dark days of the war", "a week of rainy depressing weather", "a disconsolate winter landscape", "the first dismal dispiriting days of November", "a dark gloomy day", "grim rainy weather"
synonyms : blue , dark , disconsolate , dismal , drab , drear , dreary , gloomy , grim , sorry
It was a blue day for him. -added by naila_inlas
Campaign workers grew increasingly disconsolate as the results came in. -added by nithi
(adj.) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
"a miner's begrimed face", "dingy linen", "grimy hands", "grubby little fingers", "a grungy kitchen"
synonyms : begrimed , grimy , grubby , grungy , raunchy
(adj.) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
"dirty", "a dirty (or dingy) white", "the muddied grey of the sea", "muddy colors", "dirty-green walls", "dirty-blonde hair"
synonyms : dirty , muddied , muddy

Mnemonics for dingy

(Tag: cricket) dingy reminds us about pakistan ex caption ingy(inzamam ul haq)who always remains dull and cheerless on field
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(Tag: Hindi) Dean(din) ji(gy) ka room dingy hai
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(Tag: ) I think of something dingy as having dents due to being dirty or discolored.
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(Tag: eng) You get inDIGNant if someone pries after you trying to show to public your "DINGy linen"
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