thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; a miners begrimed face; dingy linen; grimy hands; grubby little fingers; a grungy kitchen

[ Syn: begrimed , grimy , grubby , grungy , raunchy ]

(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

[ Syn: dirty , muddied , muddy ]

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

[ Syn: blue , dark , disconsolate , dismal , gloomy , grim , sorry , drab , drear , dreary ]