Synonyms

grimy grungy grubby raunchy begrimed

Examples

"a miner's begrimed face" "dingy linen" "grimy hands" "grubby little fingers" "a grungy kitchen"

Synonyms

muddied muddy dirty

Examples

"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"

Synonyms

dreary dismal sorry gloomy drear drab

Examples

"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