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Dinginess

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The state or quality of being dingy.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Quality of being dingy; a dusky hue.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The quality of being dingy or tarnished; a shabby or soiled appearance.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. discoloration due to dirtiness

Word Usage

"The den/kitchen area was all done in an orange color that would have been alarming had it not been dulled a bit by the kind of dinginess that looks sticky and usually is."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

uncleanness dirtiness

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

high-handedness frowsty seediness hatefulness unthrift unconventionality microwire hideousness greasiness white-bread