Dingiest

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dingy \Din"gy\ (d[i^]n"j[y^]), a. [Compar. {Dingier}; superl.
     {Dingiest}.] [Prob. fr. dung. Cf. {Dungy}.]
     Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.
     "Scraps of dingy paper." --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dingiest
       See {dingy}