Antonyms for gingery


Grammar : Adj
Spell : jin-juh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɪn dʒə ri


Definition of gingery

  • As in racy : adj energetic, zestful
  • As in spirited : adj lively, vivacious
Example sentences :
  • She seemed then to be living with a tinsmith, and her colour was a gingery white.
  • Extract from : « Pussy and Doggy Tales » by Edith Nesbit
  • Joses laughed and spread himself, throwing back his gingery curls.
  • Extract from : « Boy Woodburn » by Alfred Ollivant
  • Yellow as a guinea, with gingery hair, yellow eyes, and no figure to save her.
  • Extract from : « The Torch and Other Tales » by Eden Phillpotts
  • The donkeyman, a dapper little chap with a dazzling fair skin and a tiny, gingery moustache, worked in a sort of mute transport.
  • Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
  • He was a short, gingery, active man with a nose and chin of the Punch type, and whom his shipmates called "Frenchy."
  • Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
  • Perhaps he noted their sleek quarters, the glittering trappings on their backs and their gingery action.
  • Extract from : « Horses Nine » by Sewell Ford
  • The gingery tint underlying Mr. Ventnor's colouring overlaid it; even the whites of his eyes grew red.
  • Extract from : « Five Tales » by John Galsworthy

Synonyms for gingery

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