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Din·gey Din·gy, Din·ghy , n.
1. a small boat propelled by oars or sails, used in the East Indies, in sheltered waters. [Written also dinghey.]
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Din·gy a. [Compar. Dingier superl. Dingiest.] Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty. “Scraps of dingy paper.”
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dingy
adj 1: 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]
2: (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]
3: 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]
[also: dingiest, dingier]