Dingy and Shiny

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Dingy

Dingy adjective - Not clean.
Usage example: the bed sheets were pretty dingy so we threw them in the laundry pile
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Shiny is an antonym for dingy.
Nearby Words: ding, dinged, dinging

Shiny

Shiny adjective - Giving off or reflecting much light.
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Dingy is an antonym for shiny.
Nearby Words: shine, shining, shiner
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  • Sliding Scale of Shiny Versus Gritty Japan, or at least the major cities, is mostly shiny in the center with some dilapidated areas being dingy.
    Source: Sliding Scale of Shiny Versus Gritty
  • Video Game / MOTHER 3 Their right-facing sprite shows off their shiny metal half, and their left-facing sprite shows their dingy metal half.
    Source: Video Game / MOTHER 3
  • Literature / Cassandra Kresnov Sandy is an Artificial Human Super Soldier who works for Callay's planetary police after gaining political asylum there, and Tanusha is portrayed as a mostly happy cosmopolitan city of shiny skyscrapers instead of a dingy, crime-ridden place.
    Source: Literature / Cassandra Kresnov
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