Musty

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Stale or moldy in odor or taste.
  • adj. Hackneyed or trite; dull.
  • adj. Out of date; antiquated.
  • adj. Out of use or practice; rusty.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having a stale odor.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the rank, pungent, offensive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy
  • adj. Spoiled by age; rank; stale.
  • adj. Dull; heavy; spiritless.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Moldy; sour: as, a musty cask; musty corn or straw; musty books.
  • Having an ill flavor; vapid: as, musty wine.
  • Dull; heavy; spiritless; moping; stale.
  • n. Snuff having a musty flavor.
  • To become musty.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. stale and unclean smelling
  • adj. covered with or smelling of mold
  • Equivalent
    Variant
    mustier    mustiest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    moldy    rank    stale    dull    heavy    spiritless    mold   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dusty    busty    crusty    dusty    gusty    lusty    rusty    trusty   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dank    stale    fetid    dusty    smoky    musky    stuffy    dingy    acrid    mouldy