dingy

  • 31dingy — adjective (dingier; est) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1691 1. dirty, unclean 2. shabby, squalid • dingily adverb • dinginess noun …

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  • 32dingy — dingily, adv. dinginess, n. /din jee/, adj., dingier, dingiest. 1. of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness. 2. shabby; dismal. [1730 40; orig. uncert.] * * * …

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  • 33dingy — adjective /ˈdɪn.dʒi/ drab; shabby; dirty; squalid Syn: dismal, drab, dreary, gloomy, grimy Ant …

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  • 34dingy — Synonyms and related words: Quaker colored, achromatic, achromic, acier, anemic, ashen, ashy, besmirched, bled white, bloodless, blotchy, broken down, cadaverous, canescent, cheerless, chloranemic, cinereous, cinerous, colorless, dapple, dapple… …

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  • 35dingy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. discolored, grimy, dirty, tarnished. See dimness, colorlessness, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. grimy, soiled, gloomy, shabby; see dirty 1 , dismal 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …

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  • 36dingy — din·gy || dɪndʒɪ adj. dirty, grimy; gloomy, drab, shabby …

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  • 37dingy — dying …

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  • 38dingy — [ dɪn(d)ʒi] adjective (dingier, dingiest) gloomy and drab. Derivatives dingily adverb dinginess noun Origin C18: perh. based on OE dynge dung …

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  • 39dingy — a. 1. Dun, dusky, brown. 2. Soiled, sullied, smirched, dimmed, dulled, faded …

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  • 40dingy — Verb. To ignore (someone). E.g. He thought they were friends but she dingied him and went off with someone else. Glasgow use …

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