as in filthy
not clean
the bed sheets were pretty dingy so we threw them in the laundry pile
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Recent Examples of dingy
Dust Everything Dust can become your invisible worst enemy, making every surface look dingy and wreak havoc on anyone suffering from allergies.
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Stacey Leasca, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2025
Wind blew in through leaky wooden windows with dingy, rattly glass.
—Jane Margolies, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Jack Clayton’s 1974 adaptation, starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, comes closest to finding the balance, pitting dingy ’70s grays and a naturalistic camera against Redford at his most shiningly charismatic as Gatsby.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
That transition can be rough regardless of the next step on their life’s journey, but a particularly dingy college dorm can take the experience from bad to worse.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 9 Apr. 2025
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Stacey Leasca, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2025
Wind blew in through leaky wooden windows with dingy, rattly glass.
—Jane Margolies, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Jack Clayton’s 1974 adaptation, starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, comes closest to finding the balance, pitting dingy ’70s grays and a naturalistic camera against Redford at his most shiningly charismatic as Gatsby.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
That transition can be rough regardless of the next step on their life’s journey, but a particularly dingy college dorm can take the experience from bad to worse.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dingy
Adjective
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At least 12 outside experts submitted testimony in what’s called the Dunsmore case, finding that San Diego jails are filthy and that workers regularly fail to follow best practices or department policies.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2025
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Created in 2019 by Eastbound & Down's Danny McBride, the filthy HBO comedy centers around a family of corrupt, fast-talking televangelists led by John Goodman's aging and regretful Eli Gemstone.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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Those collectibles may well hold signs of past life on that enigmatic, dusty and foreboding world.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
13 May 2025
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Everything from the mortar to the rope has been handmade on the dusty site.—
Rachel Howard,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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In its time open, fueled by fans of its blackened mahi and buttery lobster rolls, owner Mike Smith has expanded his footprint, moving into a larger stall in the popular food hall — which has allowed for a menu expansion, as well.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Dec. 2022
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There are no glamorous furnishings — just a French window, its blackened panes suggesting the dark of night.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Oct. 2022
Adjective
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The three-year-old thoroughbred finished ahead of 18 other horses on a muddy track at Churchill Downs Racetrack on May 3 but will not be looking to repeat the feat at the Pimlico Race Course on Saturday.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
17 May 2025
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The 2025 Kentucky Derby endured showers and the horses ran on a muddy track.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Coal plants are also the dirtiest fossil fuel in terms of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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They were bullied, beaten, humiliated, tortured and shot, with productive laborers crammed on top of one another in the dirty stone barracks—separately from the Jewish prisoners, whose numbers grew ever larger.—
Paul Hockenos,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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Heavy black smoke in the kitchen at the rear of the unoccupied residence was discovered by firefighters upon arrival.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Both sizes are available in all black, and the large 45mm model also comes in silver with a white band, while the smaller 41mm Venu 3S gives you the choice of four additional color combinations: soft gold with an ivory, french gray, or dust rose band, or silver with a sage gray band.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 May 2025
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