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Antonyms for dinged

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ding
Phonetic Transcription : dɪŋ

Definition of dinged

Origin :
  • 1819, "to sound as metal when struck," possibly abstracted from ding-dong, of imitative origin. The meaning "to deal heavy blows" is c.1300, probably from Old Norse dengja "to hammer," perhaps also imitative. Meaning "dent" is 1960s. Related: Dinged; dinging.
  • verb hit
Example sentences :
  • Hundreds of voices have for long years dinged into his ears the danger ahead.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Types » by V. M. Masten
  • These things were dinged in my ears day after day, till I was sick of the very sound.
  • Extract from : « Seven Wives and Seven Prisons » by L.A. Abbott
  • If your name had not been chaunted in it, it would have been dinged into the dunagan.
  • Extract from : « The True History of Tom and Jerry » by Charles Hindley
  • Darned if I—hum, ladies present—dinged if I know what to do.
  • Extract from : « The Cinder Pond » by Carroll Watson Rankin
  • "O, come off; stop that dinged preaching, Shorty," said one impatiently.
  • Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) » by John McElroy
  • After the fashion of great actors of a bygone generation, he wore a soft black felt hat, dinged in the crown from front to rear.
  • Extract from : « Tales From Bohemia » by Robert Neilson Stephens
  • The idea of danger had been dinged into his ears so that fear had become a part of the fabric of his nature.
  • Extract from : « Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers » by Elbert Hubbard
  • Dinged if I didn't think yeou'd got abaout enough of it bating against Oakdale!
  • Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
  • Clinch looked at him, very drunk: "None o' your dinged business," he said very softly.
  • Extract from : « The Flaming Jewel » by Robert W. Chambers
  • You may be sure that I have well learned all of caution's maxims; they have, all my life, been dinged into my ears.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 » by Various

Synonyms for dinged

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