Synonyms for dinginess
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : din-jee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪn dʒi |
Top 10 synonyms for dinginess
Définition of dinginess
Origin :- 1736, Kentish dialect, "dirty," of uncertain origin, but perhaps related to dung. The noun dinge (1816) is a back-formation.
- As in drabness : noun dullness
- Every sail that loomed in the dinginess filled me with alarm.
- Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell
- They are not reddish: they are brown, to which grease and dinginess add not a little.
- Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
- But his choice was to sit in rags and dinginess on a bench in a park.
- Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry
- God's Spirit met us in spite of cold and dinginess and needs.
- Extract from : « The American Missionary--Volume 39, No. 07, July, 1885 » by Various
- But this dungeon had ample compensations for its darkness and dinginess.
- Extract from : « Capturing a Locomotive » by William Pittenger
- Something was wrong with them: their dinginess or want of symmetry annoyed her.
- Extract from : « Carnival » by Compton Mackenzie
- This is what makes interesting the dinginess of the cantonment on the Isle of Dogs.
- Extract from : « Last Words » by Stephen Crane
- The rosette is typical of a curious character that the room has for all its dinginess.
- Extract from : « Woman » by Magdeleine Marx
- I thought there would be a temporary dip into dinginess, but that was all.
- Extract from : « Soul of a Bishop » by H. G. Wells
- The place appalled him—its gloom, its dinginess, its somber quiet.
- Extract from : « The Street of Seven Stars » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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