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Meaning of dingy

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dingy
      adj 1: thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's
             begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby
             little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen" [syn: {begrimed},
             {dingy}, {grimy}, {grubby}, {grungy}, {raunchy}]
      2: (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;
         "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy)
         white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors";
         "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn: {dirty},
         {dingy}, {muddied}, {muddy}]
      3: causing dejection; "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 dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: {blue},
         {dark}, {dingy}, {disconsolate}, {dismal}, {gloomy}, {grim},
         {sorry}, {drab}, {drear}, {dreary}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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