adj satadj.allthickly covered with ingrained dirt or sootSynset:begrimed grimy grubby grungy raunchy
Examples:- a miner's begrimed face
- dingy linen
- grimy hands
- grubby little fingers
- a grungy kitchen
Antonyms:clean
Derivationally Related Form:grimegrungegrubbinessdingedinginessgriminess
Inherited Hypernyms:begrimed
Similar to:dirty soiled unclean
adj satadj.all(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clearSynset:dirty muddied muddy
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:pure
Derivationally Related Form:muddinessdingedinginess
Inherited Hypernyms:dirty
Similar to:impure
adj satadj.allcausing dejectionSynset:blue dark disconsolate dismal drab drear dreary gloomy grim sorry
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:cheerful
Derivationally Related Form:dreariness
Inherited Hypernyms:blue
Similar to:cheerless depressing uncheerful