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Definition of dingy adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dingy

adjective
 
/ˈdɪndʒi/
 
/ˈdɪndʒi/
(comparative dingier, superlative dingiest)
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  1. dark and dirty
    • a dingy room/hotel
    • dingy curtains/clothes
    Extra Examples
    • The kitchen was rather dark and dingy.
    • The street ran between rows of dingy terraced houses.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDingy is used with these nouns:
    • apartment
    • house
    • room
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    Word Originmid 18th cent.: perhaps based on Old English dynge ‘dung’.
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