Dingy vs Cheerless - What's the difference?

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Dingy is a related term of cheerless.


As adjectives the difference between dingy and cheerless

is that dingy is drab; shabby; dirty; squalid while cheerless is devoid of cheer; gloomy.

As a noun dingy

is penis or dingy can be .

dingy

English

Etymology 1

From English dialectal (Kentish) . http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=dingy&searchmode=none

Adjective

(er)
  • drab; shabby; dirty; squalid
    • Synonyms
    * (drab) dismal, drab, dreary, gloomy, grimy
    Antonyms
    * (drab) bright, clean
    Derived terms
    * dingily * dinginess

    Noun

    (head)
  • (rfv-sense) Penis.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (dingies)
    • (Charles Dickens)

    References

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    cheerless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • devoid of cheer; gloomy

    • Synonyms

    * See also