Dingy
['dɪn(d)ʒɪ] or ['dɪndʒi]
Definition
(n.) Alt. of Dinghy
(superl.) Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.
Typist: Mag
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1].Dun, dusky, brown.[2].Soiled, sullied, dirty.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Dull, dusky, rusty, bedimmed, soiled, tarnished, dimly, dim, colorless,obscure, dead, soon, {[=-tj]?}
ANT:Bright, burnished, flossy, highcolored, radiant, luminous, gleaming, lustrous
Typist: Weldon
Definition
adj. of a dim or dark colour: dull: soiled.—n. Din′giness.
n. the smallest ship's boat: in India a canoe.
Typed by Lesley
Examples
- Who wants a dingy woman? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They seem for the most part shabby in attire, dingy of linen, lovers of billiards and brandy, and cigars and greasy ordinaries. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was my first visit to the scene of the crime--a high, dingy, narrow-chested house, prim, formal, and solid, like the century which gave it birth. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She was in truth grateful for the refuge offered her: Mrs. Peniston's opulent interior was at least not externally dingy. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- An old brick house, so dingy as to be all but black, standing by itself within a gateway. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- And it is in this dark dingy place of captivity, poor dear, that you pass all the hours of your life when you are not at home? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We could not but look upon these old dingy apartments with a more than common interest. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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