The Clue
Drab-looking (5 letter answer)
The Answer
DINGY
Tags
Notes
The answer DINGY is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1600 puzzles.
Related Clues
Dismal
Grayish
Squalid
Drab and dismal
Like a hovel
Needing bleach, say
Not bright or clean
Not completely white anymore
Definition
DINGY as an adjective:
1. (begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy) = thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"
2. (dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy) = (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"
3. (blue, dark, depressing, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary) = 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"