different between dingy vs cheerless

English

Etymology 1

From English dialectal (Kentish) dingy (“dirty”), of unknown origin, though probably from an unrecorded Middle English *dingy, *düngy, from Old English *dyncgi? (“covered with dung, dirty”), an umlaut form of Old English duncge, dung (“dung”), equivalent to dung +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?n.d?i/

Adjective

dingy (comparative dingier, superlative dingiest)

1. drab; shabby; dirty; squalid
   • 1854, Charles Dickens, Household Words

     He led her at last into a dingy sanctum, dimly lighted by one shaded lamp. In this safe there were piles of dingy papers and more dingy ledgers ; with great piles of accounts on hooks in the wall

Synonyms

• (drab): dismal, drab, dreary, gloomy, grimy

Antonyms

• (drab): bright, clean

Derived terms

• dingily
• dinginess

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

dingy (plural dingies)

1. Alternative form of dinghy

References

• dingy at OneLook Dictionary Search
• dingy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• dying

English

Etymology

cheer +? -less

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)l?s

Adjective

cheerless (comparative more cheerless, superlative most cheerless)

1. Devoid of cheer; gloomy.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sad

   Antonym: cheerful

Derived terms

• cheerlessly
• cheerlessness

Anagrams

• Scheelers, rechlesse