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dingy definition
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Overview of adj dingy The adj dingy has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy -- (thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen") 2. dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy -- ((of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair") 3. dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry -- (depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams) Antonyms of adj dingy 3 senses of dingy Sense 1 begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy INDIRECT (VIA dirty) -> clean Sense 2 dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy INDIRECT (VIA impure) -> pure Sense 3 dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry INDIRECT (VIA cheerless) -> cheerful Similarity of adj dingy 3 senses of dingy Sense 1 begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy => dirty (vs. clean), soiled, unclean Sense 2 dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy => impure (vs. pure) Sense 3 dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry => cheerless (vs. cheerful), uncheerful Attributes of adj dingy Familiarity of adj dingy dingy used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj dingy dingy Overview of adj dingy The adj dingy has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy -- (thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen") 2. dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy -- ((of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair") 3. dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry -- (depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams)
dingy definition
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