dingy
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(s) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
- a miner's begrimed face
- dingy linen
- grimy hands
- grubby little fingers
- a grungy kitchen
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(s) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
- dirty" is often used in combination
- a dirty (or dingy) white
- the muddied grey of the sea
- muddy colors
- dirty-green walls
- dirty-blonde hair
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(s) 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