If you're talking about a boat ' I have a dingy as a ship, and my neighbor uses it every day.' That's a bad sentence. Or that's a dingy sentence. Dingy? It sounds like a ship, or flimsy thing. At least that's what I think. If you're looking for one that will always work, with an explanation point.
Even though I washed them, the sheets still look dingy; I will have to bleach them.
I'm sure that I tied the dinghy to the dock but it's not there now; I must not have tied it very well.
When something appears either dull dingy or shabby then it has seen better days as in that its old and worn
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Dingy means gloomy and drab
Dingy:
1. A small inflatable boat <--- isn't that 'dinghy'?
2. An English (particularly Yorkshire) colloquialism meaning div, idiot etc...
3. Gloomy and drab
Threadbare.
Something that is shabby is not good. Shabby is poor or dishevelled. If I am not shabby then I am doing well, fine. I am well turned out, smart.
The adjective dull has the adverb form dully. It can mean in a dull way, or sluggishly, or in an obtuse manner.
The adverb form of shabby is shabbily.
Yes. An adjective is a word that describes, which "shabby" does.
Depending on context, "dull" can mean bland, stale, tired, banal, ho-hum, murky, muted, faded, muddy, dingy, quiet, faint, blunt, dense, thick, dopey, weary
Shabby and different do not mean the same thing.
Dingy refers to something that is dirty, dull, or grimy in appearance. It can also describe a place that is dark, poorly lit, or in a state of disrepair.
"shabby" means tacky, sloppy. It is used both literally, as an shabby outfit and figuratively, as a shabby excuse or shabby behavior., but I think the latter, figurative meaning is more common.
Faded
Dingy pizzas.
shabby- to be unfair, despicable and mean. no, being shabby is never a good thing. There is more to life than being shabby you only live once so be positive. : )
means very dingy.....
Threadbare.
It means "dingy" or "small boat".
More dingy than all the others.
Do you mean Slovenly? It means shabby, dirty, unkempt.