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Meaning of 'dingy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dingy [ n.]
- Alt. of Dinghy
2 . Dingy [ superl.]
- Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.

Meaning of 'dingy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dingy [ s]
Meaning (1):
- causing dejection
Example in sentence:
  • a blue day;
  • a dark gloomy day;
  • a disconsolate winter landscape;
  • a week of rainy depressing weather;
  • grim rainy weather;
  • the dark days of the war;
  • the first dismal dispiriting days of November
Meaning (2):
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
Example in sentence:
  • a dirty (or dingy) white;
  • dirty;
  • dirty-blonde hair;
  • dirty-green walls;
  • muddy colors;
  • the muddied grey of the sea
Meaning (3):
- thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
Example in sentence:
  • a grungy kitchen;
  • a miner's begrimed face;
  • dingy linen;
  • grimy hands;
  • grubby little fingers

Nearby Words:

din dinaphthyl dinar dinarchy dine dined diner diner-out dinetical ding

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