dinge
dinge
noun \ˈdinj\Definition of DINGE
: the condition of being dingy
Examples of DINGE
- <a photograph that captures the dinge, the dreariness, and the despair of an addict's apartment>
Origin of DINGE
back-formation from dingy
First Known Use: 1846
Related to DINGE
- Synonyms
- blackness, dirtiness, dinginess, dustiness, filthiness, foulness, griminess, grubbiness, nastiness, smuttiness, soilage, sordidness, squalidness, uncleanliness, uncleanness
- Antonyms
- cleanliness, immaculateness, spotlessness
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