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[ din-jee ] / ˈdɪn dʒi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dingy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, din·gi·er, din·gi·est.of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness. shabby; dismal. Origin of dingyFirst recorded in 1730–40; origin uncertain OTHER WORDS FROM dingydin·gi·ly, adverbdin·gi·ness, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH dingydinghy, dingy Words nearby dingydingle, dingleberry, Ding Ling, dingo, dingus, dingy, dining car, dining hall, dining room, dining table, dinitrobenzene Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dingyHe has a majestic view of the dingy back entrance of a Hilton hotel. Dean Baquet, the NYT’s Executive Editor, on Jill Abramson, Race, Surviving Cancer—and TMZ Envy|Lloyd Grove|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST On a cold, foggy night On Feb 26, 1998 I walked out a dingy hotel in handcuffs. I Detoxed from Heroin in Jail|Tracey Mitchell|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Then I turned to the right and stopped before a dingy shop which bore the sign: HAWBERK, ARMOURER. Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST That night, I dreamed of a square, three-story, concrete building that was dark and dingy with filth, dust, and cobwebs. A Brigham Young University Professor’s Escape from Mormonism|Lynn K. Wilder|October 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
When she came to power in 1978, Britain was a dreary, dreary place: dingy, funereal, abashed, scruffy, feckless. How Margaret Thatcher Transformed British Politics|Tunku Varadarajan|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST "In Europe we're almost bound to admire the dingy, if not the ugly," returned Uncle Jim. Irma in Italy|Helen Leah Reed Next door to the Mission, a dingy annexe to a sort of grocery, labelled the “British Bar,” was not neglected. The Bonadventure|Edmund Blunden On hearing she would soon appear in the dingy lodging-house, Hogg knew that on her arrival he would be face to face with a foe. The Real Shelley, Vol. I (of 2)|John Cordy Jeaffreson In truth, the sunshine pictures of Turner were evolved from a life as dingy and uncomely as could well be. Art in England|Dutton Cook He had observed that the young women drew instinctively away from the dingy figure, and his smile was not restrained. The Road Builders|Samuel Merwin
British Dictionary definitions for dingy
adjective -gier or -giestlacking light or brightness; drab dirty; discoloured Derived forms of dingydingily, adverbdinginess, nounWord Origin for dingyC18: perhaps from an earlier dialect word related to Old English dynge dung Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dingyrun-down, shabby, dilapidated, drab, dreary, dirty, grimy, seedy, broken-down, colorless, dark, dim, dull, dusky, faded, gloomy, muddy, murky, obscure, somber |