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How to sign: 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;
Similiar / Same: dismal, drear, dreary, gloomy, drab, sorry
How to sign: (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";
Similiar / Same: muddied, muddy, dirty
How to sign: thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
"a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen";
