Associations to the word «Dingy»
Noun
- Desk
- Canvas
- Coat
- Binding
- Luxury
- Shade
- Broom
- Grandeur
- Weeds
- Beast
- Rug
- Pore
- Waiter
- Solitude
- Staring
- Glove
- Lobby
- Forewing
- Looking
- Corner
- Outskirt
- Sunlight
- Bulb
- Row
- Fog
- Washing
- Kitchen
- Chloe
- Brick
- Dick
- Glass
- Ballroom
- Saloon
- Bathing
- Skirt
- Glimpse
- Boat
- Mist
- Wool
- Cloud
- Bronze
- Smell
- Inn
- Atmosphere
- Bundle
- Square
- Shadow
- Elm
- Roof
- Penny
- Feather
- Bed
- Pile
- Sheet
- Dressing
- Coloured
- Laborer
- Frenchman
- Pipe
- Low
- Creature
- Steamer
- Table
- Front
- Laurel
Adjective
Wiktionary
DINGY, adjective. Drab; shabby; dirty; squalid
DINGY, noun. Alternative form of dinghy
DINGY SKIPPER, noun. A small, cryptic, dull brown butterfly, Erynnis tages, of the family Hesperiidae
DINGY SKIPPERS, noun. Plural of dingy skipper
Dictionary definition
DINGY, adjective. Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen".
DINGY, adjective. (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".
DINGY, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.