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DINGy

dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy - a 
(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" 

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Synonyms

dilapidated, dirty, drab, dreary, grimy, run down, seedy, shabby

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Examples

It's in a dingy club and there are punters doing dodgy dancing in bad suits.

The set was rather dingy, and some of the dialogue understandably slurred.

For most people, jazz means some guy playing swing music in a little dingy club.

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Etymology

1736, in Kentish dialect, "dirty, foul," a word of uncertain origin, but perhaps related to dung. Meaning "soiled, tarnished, having a dull, brownish color" (from grime or weathering) is by 1751; hence "shabby, shady, drab" (by 1855). The noun dinge "dinginess" (1816) is a back-formation; as a derogatory word for "black person, Negro," by 1848. Related: Dingily; dinginess.

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