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dingy
What does dingy mean?
dingy (adjective): thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce dingy?
/ˈdɪndʒi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
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openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
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based in scientific and industrial progress
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of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal
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thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
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