Musty

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  • adjective. Stale or moldy in odor or taste.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Hackneyed or trite; dull.
  • adjective. Out of date; antiquated.
  • adjective. Out of use or practice; rusty.
  • 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.
  • noun. Snuff having a musty flavor.
  • To become musty.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having the rank, pungent, offensive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy
  • adjective. Spoiled by age; rank; stale.
  • adjective. Dull; heavy; spiritless.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having a stale odor.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. stale and unclean smelling
  • adjective. covered with or smelling of mold
  • Word Usage
    "In high school I'd skip lunch and spend the money in musty bookstores on Jackson Blvd., their names long forgotten."
    Equivalent
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dusty  busty  crusty  dusty  gusty  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    acrid  chilly  cloying  dank  dingy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    mustier  mustiest