dingy
adjective
of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness.
dingier
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comparativeof dingy.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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A delay in getting new rail cars could push back Metro’s expansion and leave passengers stuck with the dingier older cars as hundreds of thousands of people descend on the region for the Games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024
Knowles pointed out other upgrades: He airbrushed the paint job on the siding to make it look dingier.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
Your clothes “are dingier from when you started washing them until now. It’s happening a little bit at a time. Because you didn’t sort at all, everything becomes abraded.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2021
If they're lucky, they make it out alive, just a bit twisted and misshapen, and a few shades dingier.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2013
Caroline had tried to make the sweatshirts more appealing by sewing large Santas, bordered with glitter, on the fronts, but this only made the dingy cotton seem dingier.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
