Dinginess
['dindʒinis]
Definition
(n.) Quality of being dingy; a dusky hue.
Checker: Vernon
Examples
- That was the burden of her lament; and her last adjuration to her daughter was to escape from dinginess if she could. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The dinginess of her present life threw into enchanting relief the existence to which she felt herself entitled. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But there was a branch house at the west end, and no pettiness or dinginess to give suggestions of shame. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The dinginess, the crudity of this average section of womanhood made him feel how highly specialized she was. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She had hated dinginess, and it was her fate to be dingy. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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