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    Din·gy
    /ˈdinjē/

    adjective

    • 1. gloomy and drab: "a dingy room"
  2. (of a place or material) dark and unattractive esp. because of being dirty or not cared for: The stores seemed old and dingy, their lights too dim and their ceilings too low. (Definition of dingy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of dingy. dingy.

  3. The meaning of DINGY is dirty, unclean. How to use dingy in a sentence.

  4. Dingy definition: of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness.. See examples of DINGY used in a sentence.

  5. If something is dingy, it's dirty. If you spend your days as a chimney sweeper, you probably look pretty dingy. The adjective dingy is often, but not always, used to describe one's clothing or living space.

  6. 1. lacking light or brightness; drab. 2. dirty; discoloured. [C18: perhaps from an earlier dialect word related to Old English dynge dung] ˈdingily adv. ˈdinginess n. dingy. ( ˈdɪŋɪ) vb, pl -gies, -gying or -gied. ( tr) slang Brit to ignore (a person) or avoid (an event)

  7. A dingy building or place is rather dark and depressing, and perhaps dirty. Shaw took me to his rather dingy office. Synonyms: dull , dark , dim , gloomy More Synonyms of dingy

  8. From English dialectal (Kentish) dingy (“dirty”), of unknown origin, though probably from an unrecorded Middle English *dingy, *düngy, from Old English *dyncgiġ (“covered with dung, dirty”), an umlaut form of Old English duncge, dung (“dung”), equivalent to dung +‎ -y.

  9. Definition of dingy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  10. dingy meaning, definition, what is dingy: dark, dirty, and in bad condition: Learn more.

  11. There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word dingy, two of which are considered offensive. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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