Dinginess

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The quality of being dingy or tarnished; a shabby or soiled appearance.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Quality of being dingy; a dusky hue.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state or quality of being dingy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. 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."
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