1. comparative form of dingy; more dirty, dark, or shabby in appearance

Examples

• The basement apartment was even dingier than the one upstairs.
• After years without painting, the walls looked dingier than ever.
• She chose the brighter room over the dingier one facing the alley.
• The old hotel’s lobby appeared dingier in the harsh fluorescent light.
• His white shirt looked dingier after working in the dusty warehouse.
• The dingier sections of the city needed urban renewal projects.