Rusty

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Covered with rust; corroded.
  • adj. Consisting of or produced by rust.
  • adj. Of a yellowish-red or brownish-red color.
  • adj. Working or operating stiffly or incorrectly because of or as if because of rust.
  • adj. Weakened or impaired by neglect, disuse, or lack of practice.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Affected by rust.
  • adj. Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
  • adj. Having red or reddish-brown hair.
  • adj. Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
  • adj. discolored and rancid; reasty
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Covered or affected with rust.
  • adj. Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect.
  • adj. Discolored and rancid; reasty.
  • adj. Surly; morose; crusty; sullen.
  • adj. Rust-colored; dark.
  • adj. Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.
  • adj. Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Covered or affected with rust: as, a rusty knife or sword.
  • Consisting of rust; hence, having the appearance or effect of rust: as, rusty stains.
  • Covered, incrusted, or stained with a dirty substance resembling rust; hence, filthy; specifically, as applied to grain, affected with the rust-disease: as, rusty wheat.
  • In botany and zoology, of the color of rust; rubiginous; ferruginous.
  • Red or yellow, as fish when the brine in which they are prepared evaporates. Fat fish, like herrings, mackerel, or halibut-fins, often turn rusty.
  • Having lost the original gloss or luster; time-worn; shabby: as, a rusty black; clothes rusty at the seams.
  • Out of practice; dulled in skill or knowledge through disuse or inactivity.
  • Causing rust; rendering dull or inactive.
  • Rough; hoarse; harsh; grating: as, a rusty voice.
  • To make rusty; rust.
  • Same as reasty for reasted.
  • Stubborn: same as resty for restive.
  • Uncivil; surly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. covered with or consisting of rust
  • adj. impaired in skill by neglect
  • adj. ancient
  • adj. of the brown color of rust
  • Equivalent
    rusted    unskilled    old    chromatic   
    Cross Reference
    rust-colored    grating    shabby    rusty dab    to ride    grackle    turn rusty   
    Variant
    rustiest    rustier   
    Form
    rusty nail   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reasty    surly    morose    crusty    sullen    rust-colored    dark    discolored    stained    filthy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dusty    busty    crusty    dusty    gusty    lusty    musty    trusty   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rust    wooden    shiny    golden    silvery    old-fashioned    greasy    reddish    ornate    scarlet