Definitions for dingy

dingy din·gy

Spelling: [din-jee]
IPA: /ˈdɪn dʒi/

Dingy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in dingy (dginy).

Definitions for dingy

adjective

  1. of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness.
  2. shabby; dismal.

Origin of dingy

First recorded in 1730-40; origin uncertain

Examples for dingy

He drew his son into a little, low-browed, dingy room at the end of the hall.

That night, I dreamed of a square, three-story, concrete building that was dark and dingy with filth, dust, and cobwebs.

All the ugly, dingy little urchins that I know have been invited.

Old Dismukes was with them; burly, bushy, dingy, on a huge roan charger.

He turned the knob and entered, advancing to the middle of the dingy room.

On a cold, foggy night On Feb 26, 1998 I walked out a dingy hotel in handcuffs.

He has a majestic view of the dingy back entrance of a Hilton hotel.

All of the dingy street was ugly, but the greater part of it appeared to be honest.

Then I turned to the right and stopped before a dingy shop which bore the sign: HAWBERK, ARMOURER.

When she came to power in 1978, Britain was a dreary, dreary place: dingy, funereal, abashed, scruffy, feckless.

Word Value for dingy
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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