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Synonyms for dinginess


Grammar : Noun
Spell : din-jee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪn dʒi

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Définition of dinginess

Origin :
  • 1736, Kentish dialect, "dirty," of uncertain origin, but perhaps related to dung. The noun dinge (1816) is a back-formation.
  • As in drabness : noun dullness
Example sentences :
  • Every sail that loomed in the dinginess filled me with alarm.
  • Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell
  • They are not reddish: they are brown, to which grease and dinginess add not a little.
  • Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
  • But his choice was to sit in rags and dinginess on a bench in a park.
  • Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry
  • God's Spirit met us in spite of cold and dinginess and needs.
  • Extract from : « The American Missionary--Volume 39, No. 07, July, 1885 » by Various
  • But this dungeon had ample compensations for its darkness and dinginess.
  • Extract from : « Capturing a Locomotive » by William Pittenger
  • Something was wrong with them: their dinginess or want of symmetry annoyed her.
  • Extract from : « Carnival » by Compton Mackenzie
  • This is what makes interesting the dinginess of the cantonment on the Isle of Dogs.
  • Extract from : « Last Words » by Stephen Crane
  • The rosette is typical of a curious character that the room has for all its dinginess.
  • Extract from : « Woman » by Magdeleine Marx
  • I thought there would be a temporary dip into dinginess, but that was all.
  • Extract from : « Soul of a Bishop » by H. G. Wells
  • The place appalled him—its gloom, its dinginess, its somber quiet.
  • Extract from : « The Street of Seven Stars » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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