Dingy vs Shabby - What's the difference?
dingy | shabby |
drab; shabby; dirty; squalid
(rfv-sense) Penis.
Torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=2 Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
Mean; paltry; despicable.
As adjectives the difference between dingy and shabby
is that dingy is drab; shabby; dirty; squalid while shabby is torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged.As a noun dingy
is {{cx|childish|lang=en}} Penis.dingy
English
Etymology 1
From English dialectal (Kentish) . http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=dingy&searchmode=noneAdjective
(er)Synonyms
* (drab) dismal, drab, dreary, gloomy, grimyAntonyms
* (drab) bright, cleanDerived terms
* dingily * dinginessNoun
(head)Etymology 2
Noun
(dingies)- (Charles Dickens)
References
Anagrams
*shabby
English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.}}
- They lived in a tiny apartment, with some old, shabby furniture.
- The fellow arrived looking rather shabby after journeying so far.
- shabby treatment