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dingy

adjective

causing dejection

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
D
Ends with
Y
Contains
IN
Scrabble score
10
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈdɪn.dʒi

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. causing dejection

    “a blue day”

adjective

  1. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

    “a miner's begrimed face”

adjective

  1. (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination

    “a dirty (or dingy) white”

In context

Example Sentences

a blue day
the dark days of the war
a week of rainy depressing weather
a disconsolate winter landscape
the first dismal dispiriting days of November
a miner's begrimed face
dingy linen
grimy hands
grubby little fingers
a grungy kitchen
a dirty (or dingy) white
the muddied grey of the sea
muddy colors
dirty-green walls
dirty-blonde hair

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