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dinginess - definition and meaning
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from The Century Dictionary.
noun
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun
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noun dingy .
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noun
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The den/kitchen area was all done in an orange color that would have been alarming had it not been dulled a bit by the kind of dinginess that looks sticky and usually is.
Bread, Fish, Serpent, Stone 2010
Overall, I found 9 well done; the animation and the textures of each fabric made doll, the shine of broken statues, the dinginess of bombed out buildingsadds to the complexity of the scenes.
Movie Review: 9 « Colleen Anderson 2009
Despite its dinginess —or am I getting this wrong, is it because of it?
Hollywood Savage Kristin McCloy 2010
Despite its dinginess —or am I getting this wrong, is it because of it?
Hollywood Savage Kristin McCloy 2010
The bright-red, dark-black, and all-glass trio of hotels has its critics real-estate blog Curbed dubbed the block "hotel hell" but Mr. Kaufman says the flashy design was necessary to offset the dinginess of the block.
Bright Hotel Facades to Offset 'Squalor' 2010
I have to say the dinginess of the place kept me from ever entering, but I will say I was intrigued by the “Spanish Food” sign in the window.
Me Gusta Este Blimpie! (That’s right. I’m writing about Blimpie.) | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2007
The apartment was north facing and the light was poor, adding to the overall air of dinginess .
Neurosurgical Intervention For Beginners 2009
He never had any complaints, but the dinginess kept me from venturing in.
Me Gusta Este Blimpie! (That’s right. I’m writing about Blimpie.) | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2007
It struck him that the truly characteristic thing about modern life was not its cruelty and insecurity, but simply its bareness, its dinginess , its listlessness.
Nineteen Eighty-four 2008
It struck him that the truly characteristic thing about modern life was not its cruelty and insecurity, but simply its bareness, its dinginess , its listlessness.
Nineteen Eighty-four 2008
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