dinginess

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

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

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'

Despite its dinginess—or am I getting this wrong, is it because of it?

Hollywood Savage

The apartment was north facing and the light was poor, adding to the overall air of dinginess.

Neurosurgical Intervention For Beginners

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

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

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

We must not forget to state that the extreme cleanliness of the courtyard was such as intimated that mop and pail had done their utmost in that favoured spot to atone for the general dirt and dinginess of the quarter where the premises were situated.

Chronicles of the Canongate

Lillard is actually entertaining as he disrespects the movie's dinginess.

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale