Polish English Dictionary
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obskurny in English:
1. 
dingy
He lives in a dingy room.
They took people one at a time into dingy little rooms.
The stores seemed old and dingy, their lights too dim and their ceilings too low.
That night I dreamed of a square, three-story, concrete building that was dark, dingy and dusty.
Our hotel was dingy.
Don't touch my dress with your dingy fingers!
English word "obskurny"(dingy) occurs in sets:
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fajne powiedzonka i określenia - Dom
słówka dom część II (06.11)
ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE INTERIORS
2. manured
English word "obskurny"(manured) occurs in sets:
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Fiszki z książki - "China" (Sir Henry Arthur Blake)
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3. shabby
Get rid of those shabby clothes and buy something new.
In the end, we ended up eating at that shabby restaurant.
The room was empty except for a shabby bed.
He is mixed up with something shabby.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
shabby clothes/furniture
He wore a shabby old overcoat.
She saw the shabby little house, but she didn't hurry by.
The hotel room where we stayed was shabby.
This costume is so shabby that 1'1/ have to throw it out.
He tried to apologize for his shabby treatment of her.
Ern slammed on the brakes and the Knight Bus skidded to a halt in front of a small and shabby-looking pub, the Leaky Cauldron
Some buildings here are old and bad condition - really shabby.
The second-hand sofa was a little shabby, but Nina thought she could refurbish it.
The small house had come to look shabby, though it was just as good as ever underneath.
English word "obskurny"(shabby) occurs in sets:
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4. sleazy
Beware of sleazy lawyers.
We ended up in a sleazy bar. Even his sleazy story seemed no more than normal, here. "He was in here earlier - told me the whole sleazy story."
... instead of considering networking sleazy, we reframed the way...
Skinflicks usually play in old theaters in a sleazy part of town.
English word "obskurny"(sleazy) occurs in sets:
Słówka z filmowych napisówSłówka 17-29.07
5. scruffy
scruffy pair of jeans/flat/boy
scruffy jeans I don't like to look scruffy.
She is very scruffy, she picking up clothes on the floor and put it on.
You're so scruffy! How about you buy a decent suit?
They live in a scruffy part of town.
These students look poor and scruffy.
A scruffy look is fashionable this season.
dressed in scruffy old clothes to clean out the garage
She doesn't really care about her looks and always wears scruffy clothes.
I don't care if I look scruffy as long as I feel comfortable.
My parents think I look scruffy in these torn jeans
it's scruffy footwear that implies you won't take in pride in your work.
Mum doesn’t like it when I wear scruffy jeans. She prefers me to wear smart clothes.
After a few days without a shower we all looked scruffy.
When I was young, I was a bit scruffy and there were times when I didn't take a bath for up to two weeks during the summer.
