dingier
Less clean, duller
Dingier is the comparative form of dingy—more shabby, grimy, or dull.
A room can be dingier than expected, a neighborhood dingier than it used to be: The apartment looked even dingier in daylight.
The word suggests accumulated grime or faded cheerlessness rather than outright filth.
More worn and tattered
- seedierMore run-down or squalid
- tattierMore worn out
- scruffierMore disheveled in appearance
- wornDamaged by use
threadbare · frayed · ragged · beat-up · moth-eaten · mangy · squalid · faded
shabbier
More worn and tattered
worn · threadbare · frayed · ragged · beat-up · moth-eaten · mangy · squalid · faded · weathered
dirtier
More soiled than another
sootier · greasier · filthier · smuttier · dustier · muddier · muckier · grittier · stained · soiled
darker
More lacking in light
dusky · obscure · unlit · dreary · somber · dull · twilit · crepuscular · tenebrous · lightless