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    din·gy
    /ˈdinjē/

    adjective

    • 1. gloomy and drab: "a dingy room"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › dingyDingy Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : dirty, unclean. dingy fingernails. 2. : shabby, squalid. a dingy hotel room. dingily. ˈdin-jə-lē. adverb. dinginess. ˈdin-jē-nəs. noun. Synonyms. bedraggled. befouled. begrimed. bemired. besmirched. blackened. cruddy. dirty.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDINGY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    plunge someone/something into darkness. semi-darkness. shaded. shadow. silhouetted. twilight. See more results » (Definition of dingy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) dingy | American Dictionary. adjective. us/ˈdɪn·dʒi/

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › dingyDINGY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDINGY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    1. adjective. 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. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Dingy clothes, curtains, or furnishings look dirty or dull. ...wallpaper with stripes of dingy yellow.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › dingyDingy - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    If something is dingy, it's dirty. If you spend your days as a chimney sweeper, you probably look pretty dingy.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › dingyDingy - definition of dingy by The Free Dictionary

    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)

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishdingy adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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

  9. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › dingydingy | meaning of dingy in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

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

  10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishDINGY | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    DINGY definition: dirty and not bright: . Learn more.

  11. www.yourdictionary.com › dingyDingy Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    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.