Crossword clues for dingiest
dingiest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dingy \Din"gy\ (d[i^]n"j[y^]),
[Compar. Dingier; superl. Dingiest.] [Pro
fr. dung. Cf. Dungy.] Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty. ``Scraps of dingy paper.''
--Macaulay. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: dingy)
WordNet
adj. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen" [syn: begrimed, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy]
(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn: dirty, muddied, muddy]
depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams [syn: dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry]
See dingy
Usage examples of "dingiest".
The sun glinted malevolently off the brass rod sending shards of mocking light into the dingiest reaches of the Repository.
He picked the smallest and dingiest of the six because this one was the least used, and eased in.
It's just about the dingiest, most depressing bargain-basement store in Washington, D.
A small table, capable of accommodating three persons at dinner, stood against the forward bulkhead, and over it hung the dingiest whale oil lantern that ever peopled the obscurity of a dungeon with ghostly shapes.
He’d lost track of the statuary, but pursued Emily across three continents and through some of the dingiest restaurants in the Middle East.